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Aphrodisias

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell

Contributors: talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Joe User, DARMC, Katelin McCullough, Brian Turner, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Rob Chavez, Gabriel Bodard, Gabriel Moss

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Last modified Jan 26, 2019 10:25 AM — History

tags: dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, UWHS, extant remains, dare:ancient=1

Aphrodisias was a Greek city located in Caria. It is notable especially for the state of its archaeological preservation. The site was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in July 2017.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638753

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.7085832624, 28.7237779096

Locations:

OSM location of Aphrodisias (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Ἀφροδεισιάς (Aphrodeisias: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
Ἀφροδισιάς (Aphrodisias: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
Less than certain: Λελέγων πόλις (Lelegon polis: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
Νινόη (Ninoe: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
Σταυρόπολις (Stauropolis: Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)

Aphrodisias makes connections with:

Aphrodisias connection Caria (unspecified date range)

Aphrodisias receives connections from:

Hadrianic Baths at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Walls at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Martyrion at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Sebasteion at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Temple/Church at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
South Agora at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Theater at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Tetrapylon at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Basilica at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
North Agora at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Odeon at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)
Stadium at Aphrodisias (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 65 A2 Aphrodisias/Ninoe

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Geyre, Turkey (nearby)

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, S. Mitchell, talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Joe User, DARMC, Katelin McCullough, Brian Turner, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Rob Chavez, Gabriel Bodard, and Gabriel Moss, 'Aphrodisias: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638753> [accessed: 25 May 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638753 |title=Places: 638753 (Aphrodisias) |author=Foss, C., S. Mitchell |accessdate=May 25, 2020 12:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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