Amastris/Sesamos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 05, 2025 10:41 PM
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History
An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast in Asia Minor, modern Amasra in Turkey.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844856
41.746969, 32.385648
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 80 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Amastris/Sesamos connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Amastris/Sesamos connection Paphlagonia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Amastris/Sesamos connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 86 C2 Amastris/Sesamos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amasra
C. Foss, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Amastris/Sesamos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844856> [accessed: 16 April 2025]
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