Melitene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T.B. Mitford
Creators: T.B. Mitford
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
May 20, 2023 04:32 PM
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History
Melitene was an ancient city on the Tohma River. It was the station of Legio XII Fulminata from AD 70 onwards.
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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/629040
38.382217, 38.361152
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Arslantepe (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Eski Malatya (Turkish, 18000 BC - AD 2000)
- Malatya (Turkish, 1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Malaṭiya (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1918)
- Malaṭya (AD 632 - AD 1918)
- Malaṭya (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 2000)
- Malaṭīya (AD 600 - AD 1500)
- Malaṭīyah (AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Malitija (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Meliddu (Akkadian, 1200 BC - 330 BC)
- Melidu (Akkadian, 1200 BC - 330 BC)
- Melitena (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Melitene (750 BC - AD 640)
- Melitēna (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Melitēnē (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 1500)
- Rhōmanopolis (Ancient Greek, AD 750 - AD 940)
- Rōmanopolis (AD 750 - AD 940)
- XII Fulminata garrison (English, 140 BC - AD 640)
- mlz (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Melitene succeeds Arslantepe (Melid) (unspecified date range)
- Melitene part of (administrative) Cappadocia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Melitene connection Unnamed road (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
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- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 64 G4 Melitene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Eski Malatya
T.B. Mitford, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Melitene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/629040> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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