Pompeiopolis/Sebaste
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 23, 2024 06:03 PM
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History
Pompeiopolis/Sebaste, in Paphlagonia, was founded under Pompeius in 64 B.C. in the valley of the Amnias river. The ancient site, known today as Zımbıllı Tepesi Höyüğü, is located across the river (modern Gökırmak) from modern Taşköprü in Turkey.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/845041
41.5184191111, 34.2140725414
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Zımbıllı Tepesi Höyüğü (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Πομπηιόπολις (Pompēiópolis: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Sebaste (30 BC - AD 300)
- Zımbıllı Tepesi Höyüğü (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Taşköprü (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Pompeiopolis/Sebaste connection Amnias (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pompeiopolis/Sebaste part of (regional) Paphlagonia (region) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 86 E2 Pompeiopolis/Sebaste
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Taşköprü
C. Foss, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Pompeiopolis/Sebaste: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/845041> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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