Alexandria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Iris Fernandez, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, Elizabeth Platte, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Roko Rumora, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The ancient port city in Egypt's Nile Delta, founded by Alexander the Great in 332/331 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070
31.201435, 29.909773
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 1090 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Alexandrea ad Aegyptum (Georgian, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Alexandreia (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 650)
- Alexandreia ad Aegyptum (30 BC - AD 226)
- Alexandria (330 BC - AD 640)
- Alexandria (German, 1548 BC - AD 2000)
- ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ (Rakote: Coptic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Rhakōtis (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- al-Iskandariyya (AD 1370 - AD 1501)
- al-Iskandarīya (Modern Standard Arabic, 2010 BC - AD 2000)
- al-İskandarīya (AD 819 - AD 2000)
- Alexandria capital of Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Alexandria bounds Libya Inferior (region) (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Alexandria capital of Ptolemaic Kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Caesareum of Alexandria located at Alexandria (304 BC - AD 640)
- Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Chatby Necropolis located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Kom el-Dikka located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Pharos located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Pompey's pillar located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
- Serapeum of Alexandria located at Alexandria (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 B2 Alexandria
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Iskandariya
A. Bernand, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Iris Fernandez, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, Elizabeth Platte, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Roko Rumora, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Alexandria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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