Babylonia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Maxime Guénette, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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An ancient region in Mesopotamia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912816
31.6283443083, 45.4954067714
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
- None
- Chaldaea located in Babylonia (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Karastel/Artemita? part of (regional) Babylonia (unspecified date range)
- Kassites connection Babylonia (2000 BC - 30 BC)
- Seleukeia on the Erythraian Sea part of (regional) Babylonia (unspecified date range)
- Suteans connection Babylonia (720 BC - 540 BC)
region, map label location
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 A1 Babylonia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: IRQ. In Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered (2010), Richard Talbert notes that Konrad Miller seems to have overlooked this region name (viz. ItMiller 837-8).
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Maxime Guénette, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Babylonia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912816> [accessed: 17 December 2025]
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