Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The ancient city of Bostra (modern Busra in Syria), where extensive ancient Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad structures still visible. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678073
32.5204513362, 36.4813007519
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ancient City of Bosra (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bosora (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Bostra (330 BC - AD 640)
- Bostra (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 1291)
- Bostra (Georgian, 540 BC - AD 1291)
- Bostra Nea Trai. Alex. col. B (30 BC - AD 226)
- Boṣrȧ (330 BC - AD 640)
- Buṣra Eski Šām (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Buṣruna (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Buṣrā (Modern Standard Arabic, 1344 BC - AD 2000)
- Buṣrā eski Šām (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
- Buṣrā š-Šām (Modern Standard Arabic, 330 BC - AD 2000)
- Bȯṣrȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Col. Nea Traiana Alex. B. (30 BC - AD 300)
- Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana (30 BC - AD 300)
- Colonia Nea Traiana Alex. B. (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- III Cyrenaica (Hadr.) garrison (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- III Cyrenaica garrison (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- VI Ferrata (Hadr.) garrison (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Madrasa Gumushtakin located at Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana (unspecified date range)
- Roman Circus (Bosra) located at Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana (unspecified date range)
- Roman Theater at Bosra located at Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana (unspecified date range)
settlement, mosque, temple
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D4 Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Busra esh-Sham SYR
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 under criteria i, iii, and vi of UNESCO's World Heritage List Operational Guidelines. Specific archaeological components listed in the UNESCO inscription include:
- The incorporation of the exceptionally intact 2nd century Roman theatre, complete with its upper gallery, into later fortifications to create a strong citadel guarding the road to Damascus represents a unique architectural achievement.
- The remains of the 6th century basilica of the martyrs Sergios, Bacchos and Leontios, the cathedral of Bosra, represent an extremely significant example of the centrally planned churches in terms of the evolution of early church architectural forms.
- The Mosque of Omar, restored in 1950, is one of the rare constructions of the 1st century of the Hegira preserved in Syria.
- The Madrasa Jâmi' Mabrak an-Nâqua is one of the oldest and most celebrated of Islam.
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678073> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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