Laodicea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Martina Filosa, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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History
Laodicea or Laodicea ad Mare (modern Lattakia, Syria) is an ancient city with significant Punic, Greek, and Roman phases.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668290
35.51892275, 35.7766297
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Latakia (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3772 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Laodicea part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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settlement, port, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 68 A2 Laodicea
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 147,4 Laudicia
- ItMiller 761, 803 Laudicie
- New Pauly Laodicea [1]
- PECS (Perseus) LAODICEA AD MARE Syria
- RE Λαοδικηνή
- Sauvaget 1934
- Sauvaget 1936
- TIB 15 Syria 1429-1449
- ToposText Laodikea (Syria)
- Wikipedia (English) Laodicea ad Mare
- Wikipedia (English) Latakia
- Will 1994 21
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 68 A2 Laodicea
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lattaquié
J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Martina Filosa, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Laodicea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668290> [accessed: 17 May 2026]
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