Canatha/*Gabinia/*Septimia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 13, 2023 11:52 PM
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History
The Hellenistic-Roman city of Cantha, now Qanawat in Syria, is located in the Hauran region. While it likely has earlier phases, perhaps as the Kenath of the Hebrew Bible, it is first mentioned during the reign of Herod the Great. Septimius Severus bestowed colonial status upon the city.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678082
32.754205, 36.6183555
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 18285 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- None
- Temple of Zeus Megistos, Canatha located at Canatha/*Gabinia/*Septimia (unspecified date range)
- odeion at Canatha located at Canatha/*Gabinia/*Septimia (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 E4 Canatha/*Gabinia/*Septimia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: el-Qanawat SYR
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Canatha/*Gabinia/*Septimia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678082> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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