Dara/Anastasioupolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Chris de Lisle
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History
Dara/Anastasioupolis was a fortified Roman city of northern Mesopotamia located on the border with the Sassanid Empire.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874444
37.1798937774, 40.9481926822
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Dara (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Dara-Anastasiopolis (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Anastasioupolis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Δοράς (Dorás: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Δάρας (Dáras: Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- دارا (Dārā: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Dara/Anastasioupolis part of (regional) Mesopotamia (region) (AD 400 - AD 599)
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settlement, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 C3 Dara/Anastasioupolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Oğuz, formerly Dara
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu, and Chris de Lisle, 'Dara/Anastasioupolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874444> [accessed: 07 December 2025]
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