Antinoopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Drew Bear
Creators: M. Drew Bear
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 03, 2025 05:12 PM
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History
An ancient city in Egypt established by Hadrian in A.D. 122 in honor of Antinous. The city stood on the east bank of the Nile, opposite Hermopolis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756518
27.8105625, 30.8810025
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 11412 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ansina (30 BC - AD 640)
- Antinoe (30 BC - AD 640)
- Antinoopolis (30 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Circus at Antinoopolis part of (physical/topographic) Antinoopolis (30 BC - AD 300)
- Via Hadriana connection Antinoopolis (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 77 D1 Antinoopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sheik Ibada
M. Drew Bear, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Antinoopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756518> [accessed: 07 February 2026]
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