‘Octacuscum’
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Rob Chavez, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Feb 24, 2026 02:20 PM
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History
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 F1 ‘Octacuscum’
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658555
37.693389, 37.861863
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20543 (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Behisni (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Besni (Turkish, modern)
- Octacvscvm (Octacuscum: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Scasuson (AD 300 - AD 640)
- ‘Octacuscum’ connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 F1 ‘Octacuscum’
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Besni
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Rob Chavez, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, '‘Octacuscum’: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658555> [accessed: 13 October 2026]
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