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Amman/Philadelpheia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.T. Parker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, David Mimno, Sarah Bond, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Aug 05, 2020 12:07 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

An ancient settlement in northwest Jordan (modern Amman) received a Macedonian settlement and the name of Philadelphia from Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). The modern Amman, Jordan.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697728

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.955791, 35.9339261

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- location of Citadel Hill (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ahamant (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Aman (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Amman (English, modern)
- Ammān (AD 632 - AD 2000)
- Ammāna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Birta tēs Ammanitidos (330 BC - AD 300)
- Birtha tēs Ammanitidos (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Bīt-Ammāna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 330 BC)
- Φιλαδέλφεια (Philadelpheia: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- ʿAmman (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- ʿAmmān (Modern Standard Arabic, 3300 BC - AD 2000)
Ethnic Names:
- Ammānāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Ban-Ammānāja (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Bīt-Ammānāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)

Amman/Philadelpheia makes connections with:

None

Amman/Philadelpheia receives connections from:

Roman theater at Amman/Philadelpheia located at Amman/Philadelpheia (unspecified date range)
Temple of Hercules at Amman/Philadelpheia located at Amman/Philadelpheia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, hill

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 71 B2 Philadelpheia

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Suggested citation:
S.T. Parker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, David Mimno, Sarah Bond, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Amman/Philadelpheia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697728> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697728 |title=Places: 697728 (Amman/Philadelpheia) |author=Parker, S. |accessdate=November 23, 2024 3:16 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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