Amanikai Pylai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Aug 15, 2024 03:11 PM
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History
A mountain pass that is located on the border between Osmaniye and Gaziantep provinces in south-central Turkey. The pass played an important role in the Battle of Issus, 333 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658374
37.183889, 36.556389
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Amanian Gate (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Amanicae Pylae (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Ἀμανικαί Πύλαι (Amanikai Pylai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Portae Amani montis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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pass, "gates" (landform)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 D2 Amanikai Pylai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aslan Boğazı
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, DARMC, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Amanikai Pylai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658374> [accessed: 02 February 2025]
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