Laodicea ad Libanum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Rune Rattenborg
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History
Laodicea ad Libanum was a Hellenistic city located on the Orontes river in Coele-Syria.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668291
34.5570749357, 36.5193778642
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Kadesh (1344 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall al-Nabī Mandū (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Laodicea ad Libanum (330 BC - AD 640)
- Λαοδίκεια ἡ πρὸς Λίβανου (Laodikeia pros Libanou: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Laudicia Scabiosa (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Qadesh on the Orontes (English, modern)
- Qadisi (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Qidisi (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
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- Laodiceni (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- تل النبي مندو (Tall al-Nabī Mandū: Arabic, modern)
- تل النبي مندو (Tell el-Nebi Mendu: Arabic, modern)
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settlement, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 68 C4 Laodicea ad Libanum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Nebi Mend
Hellenistic Laodicea ad Libanum is located at Tell Nebi Mend, the site of ancient Kadesh.
J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Laodicea ad Libanum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668291> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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