Palaestina (region)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Gabriel Mckee, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
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History
A region at the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing the coastal plain between Phoenicia and Gaza. The region's name appears in Greek, derived from the Hebrew Plšth, "the land of the Philistines", as early as the 5th century BCE. The name is used for the region in various contemporary languages, and for associated administrative areas (like Roman provinces) throughout subsequent antiquity.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687995
31.25, 34.75
- Representative Locations:
- Undetermined location (330 BC - AD 640)
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- Palaestina (330 BC - AD 640)
- Palaestina (region) part of (regional) Levant (region) (unspecified date range)
- Palaestina (province) part of (regional) Palaestina (region) (30 BC - AD 300)
region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 F3 Palaestina
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B. Isaac, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Gabriel Mckee, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, and Mark Depauw, 'Palaestina (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687995> [accessed: 11 April 2026]
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