Larissa/Sizara
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Apr 03, 2021 10:46 AM
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History
An ancient settlement located on the Orontes river to the southeast of Apamea. Scholars identify it with modern Shaizar in Syria.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668292
35.2663435, 36.5664463
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Shaizar (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Larissa/Sizara located on Orontes (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 68 C3 Larissa/Sizara
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Shaizar
J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Larissa/Sizara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668292> [accessed: 28 March 2025]
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