Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Sep 20, 2024 12:33 PM
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History
A significant Hellenistic city that served as a capital of both the Seleucid and Parthian empires. The city was founded by Seleucus Nicator.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894178
33.095178225, 44.52098595
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Silūqīah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of سلوقية (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Azochis (30 BC - AD 300)
- Bahūrasīr (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 750)
- Beh Ard Šīr (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Beh Ardašīr (Syriac, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Bēh-Ardašīr (Middle Persian, AD 500 - AD 750)
- Bēh-Ardašīr (Modern Persian, AD 500 - AD 750)
- Coche (unspecified date range)
- Coche (Georgian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Kaukaba (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Mahoza (unspecified date range)
- Maḥoza (Syriac, unspecified date range)
- Seleucia (unspecified date range)
- Seleukeia (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Seleukeia am Tigris (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 226)
- Σελεύκεια ἐπὶ τῷ Τίγρει (Seleukeia epi tō Tigrei: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Sēliq (Syriac, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Tall ʿUmar (Modern Standard Arabic, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Veh Ardashir (30 BC - AD 640)
- Veh Ardašīr (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Vēh-Ardašir (Middle Persian, 140 BC - AD 650)
- Ōpis (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
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- سلوقية (Silūqīah: Arabic, modern)
- Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’ succeeds Opis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’ part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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urban area, settlement, archaeological site, findspot, place of finding
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Abu Khshaim
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894178> [accessed: 09 October 2024]
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