Samaria/Sebaste
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Jan 04, 2024 11:41 AM
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History
Samaria/Sebaste was an ancient city of Iudaea. In 30 B.C. it passed under the control of Herod the Great and was renamed Sebaste in honor of the emperor Augustus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678370
32.2764453625, 35.1900814386
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- CIGS Location: Al-Sāmirah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of גן לאומי שומרון (סבסטיה) (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Samernāya (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Samerīnāya (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
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settlement, archaeological site, findspot, place of finding
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B5 Samaria/Sebaste
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sebastiya WBK
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Samaria/Sebaste: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678370> [accessed: 27 April 2025]
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