Amaseia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Nov 26, 2024 05:07 PM
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History
Amaseia (modern Amasya) was a naturally fortified settlement in the Pontic mountains near the Black Sea. It served as the capital of the kingdom of Pontus from ca. 300 BC to 183 BC.
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/857018
40.66680835, 35.82794385
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 11096 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Amaseia located on Untitled (30 BC - AD 300)
- Amasya castle located at Amaseia (unspecified date range)
- Kral Kaya Mezarları located at Amaseia (unspecified date range)
- Pontic rock-cut tombs located at Amaseia (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 A4 Amaseia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amasya. The geographer Strabo was born in Amaseia ca. 64 BC.
T. Sinclair, David Braund, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Amaseia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857018> [accessed: 24 March 2025]
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