Araxes (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Araxes fl. is one of the largest rivers of the Caucasus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884118
39.6115016574, 44.7685374139
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Aras River (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Araxes (550 BC - AD 640)
- Erash (550 BC - AD 640)
- Fl. Araxes (Flumen Araxes: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- نهر رس (Nehr-i Res: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- None
- Artaxata located on Araxes (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 90 B2 Araxes fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aras/Arax
S.E. Kroll, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Araxes (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/884118> [accessed: 08 December 2025]
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