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A key junction between roads north (towards Hattusa and the Lykos River valley), south (towards Mazaka), east (towards the upper Halys River), and west (towards Ankyra), it was inhabited from the fourth millennium BCE. Greek and Roman writers mention it as the main settlement of the Galatian tribe of the Trocmi.

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619267

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.85833, 34.51833

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Büyüknefes (modern) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tabia (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Taouion (30 BC - AD 300)
- Τάουιον (Tavium: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Tavium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Tawinija (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)

Taouion/Tabia makes connections with:

Taouion/Tabia capital of Trokmoi (unspecified date range)

Taouion/Tabia receives connections from:

Tavium Theater located at Taouion/Tabia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 63 F1 Taouion/Tabia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Büyük Nefes

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Suggested citation:
S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sean Gillies, Sean Manning, and Ryan Horne, 'Taouion/Tabia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619267> [accessed: 28 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619267 |title=Places: 619267 (Taouion/Tabia) |author=Mitchell, S. |accessdate=March 28, 2025 12:32 am |publisher=Pleiades}}