Heraclea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 10, 2024 06:40 PM
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History
An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor at modern Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey. It is often referred to as Heraclea Pontica (or Heraclea in Pontus) to distinguish it from other cities with the same name.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844944
41.2832553333, 31.4174136667
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 12203 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 24648 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Heraclea (550 BC - AD 640)
- Heraclea connection Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea connection Bithynia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea connection Mariandynus Sinus (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea founded by Megara (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Heraclea connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 86 B2 Heraclea
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ereğli
C. Foss, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Heraclea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844944> [accessed: 27 July 2024]
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