Sophene
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:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott
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History
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 B2 Sophene
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874707
38.7486429029, 39.4031862192
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
- None
- Arsamosata part of (regional) Sophene (330 BC - 30 BC)
region, map label location
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 B2 Sophene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dersim, W Lower Euphrates valley and W half of upper Tigris basin
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Sophene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874707> [accessed: 15 June 2025]
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