Kaspiai Pylai/Albaniai Pylai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 15, 2020 05:33 AM
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History
Kaspiai Pylai/Albaniai Pylai, also referred to as Portae Caspiae by Pliny, is used to describe both the Sirdara Pass in the Elburs mountains and the road from Darband to the Caspian Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863825
42.05778135, 48.2967024
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - AD 300)
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- Albaniai Pylai (330 BC - AD 300)
- Kaspiai Pylai (330 BC - AD 300)
- Κάσπιοι πύλαι (Kaspioi Pylai: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Tzon/Tzur connection Kaspiai Pylai/Albaniai Pylai (unspecified date range)
pass, "gates" (landform)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 88 G2 Kaspiai Pylai/Albaniai Pylai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: RUS
David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kaspiai Pylai/Albaniai Pylai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863825> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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