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Roman Circus (Bosra)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Adam Prins

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 18, 2024 10:02 AM — History

tags: UWHS

The Roman circus of Bosra dates to the third century.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619927065

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5147421373, 36.4800044378

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location of Roman Circus (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Hippodrome (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Roman Circus (Bosra) makes connections with:

Roman Circus (Bosra) located at Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana (unspecified date range)

Roman Circus (Bosra) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
circus

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Location of the center of Roman Circus in the Ancient City of Bostra. Coordinates determined by eye in Google Earth in October 2012.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Adam Prins, and Tom Elliott, 'Roman Circus (Bosra): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619927065> [accessed: 04 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619927065 |title=Places: 619927065 (Roman Circus (Bosra)) |author=Becker, J., A. Prins |accessdate=April 4, 2025 11:05 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Roman Circus (Bosra)