Polemonion/Side
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott
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May 22, 2024 03:19 PM
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History
A harbor city on the Black Sea, Polemonion/Side was founded in the region of Sidene (Pontus) by either Polemon I or Polemon II of Pontus. Following the Roman annexation of the Pontic kingdom in the 60s CE, the city's importance declined substantially.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857285
41.0308808, 37.500221
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Fatsa, Turkey (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Πολεμώνιον (Polemonion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Polemonion (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Polemonium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Σίδη (Side: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Σιδήνη (Sidene: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement, port, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 C3 Polemonion/Side
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: between Fatsa and Boloman Irmak
T. Sinclair, David Braund, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, and Tom Elliott, 'Polemonion/Side: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857285> [accessed: 09 April 2025]
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