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Hatra

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 07, 2015 09:19 AM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Hatra

Name as attested:

Hatra

Language:
Latin

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Amm. Marc. 25.8.5

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 D2 Hatra

Details:

Ammianus writes: "Hac etiam suspicione iam liberi properantesque itineribus magnis prope Hatram venimus, vetus oppidum in media solitudine positum, olimque desertum, quod eruendum adorti temporibus variis Traianus et Severus principes bellicosi cum exercitibus paene deleti sunt, ut in eorum actibus has quoque digessimus partes."

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