Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia is an ancient maritime city and Phoenician metropolis
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678393
33.5610186667, 35.37206
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- CIGS location of Ṣaiydā (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARMC location 14738 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Colonia Aurelia Pia Sidon (Col. Aurelia Pia: Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Colonia Aur. Pia S. (Latin, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Colonia Aurelia Pia S. (Latin, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Saidā (unspecified date range)
- Saiete (Old French, AD 1081 - AD 1291)
- Seete (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Sidon (750 BC - AD 640)
- Sidon (German, 720 BC - AD 2000)
- Sidōn (Ancient Greek, 2000 BC - AD 640)
- Sydon (Georgian, 1200 BC - AD 1291)
- Sydone (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ṣaida (1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Ṣaidā (Modern Standard Arabic)
- Ṣaidā (AD 850 - AD 1200)
- صيدا (Ṣaiydā: Arabic, modern)
- صيدا (Ṣaydā: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ṣidon (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - 540 BC)
- Ṣidunnu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ṣidūnu (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 540 BC)
- Ṣidūnu rabû (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ṣidūnu ṣehru (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- ṣdn (Canaanite, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- ṣdn (Phoenician, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1344 BC - 330 BC)
- Ake/Ptolemais part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Beirut part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ekdippa part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Heldua part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mahalliba part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ras el-'Ain part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Sarepta/Makra Kome part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
settlement, archaeological site, findspot, place of finding
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B2 Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Saida LEB
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678393> [accessed: 15 December 2025]
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