Ancyra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S. Mitchell
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient settlement and later fortified settlement that served as the seat of the koinon of Galatia and capital of the subsequent Roman province. Modern Ankara in Turkey.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619103
39.9437925, 32.859333
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 3127 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Ancyra (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Angora (Ancient Greek, AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Angūriya (Modern Persian, AD 1077 - AD 1307)
- Angūriyah (AD 1081 - AD 1204)
- Ankara (Turkish, modern)
- Ankara Z.A. (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Ἄγκυρα (Ankyra: Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1450)
- Ankūriya (AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Ankūrīye (Modern Persian, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Anqara (AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Anqara (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1335)
- Anqīra (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 650 - AD 940)
- Anḳara (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1918)
- Engürü (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1683)
- Sebastē Tektosagōn (Ancient Greek, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Ancyra capital of Galatia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Column of Julian located at Ancyra (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Augustus and Rome (Ankara) located at Ancyra (unspecified date range)
- Trikomia 3 located near Ancyra (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 63 B1 Ancyra
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ankara
S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ancyra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619103> [accessed: 16 November 2024]
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