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Elymais/Susiana

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke

Contributors: P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne

Last modified Aug 30, 2022 10:47 AM — History

Susiana, derived from the city of Susa, is the Classical appellation for Elam.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912843

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.3274812687, 48.503006879

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἐλυμαίς (Elymais: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Susiana (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)

Elymais/Susiana makes connections with:

None

Elymais/Susiana receives connections from:

Ja Nishin/Soloke?/Seleucia?/Surak? part of (regional) Elymais/Susiana (unspecified date range)
Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum part of (regional) Elymais/Susiana (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region, map label location

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 E1 Elymais/Susiana

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Khuzistan

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Suggested citation:
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Elymais/Susiana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912843> [accessed: 16 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912843 |title=Places: 912843 (Elymais/Susiana) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke |accessdate=June 16, 2025 6:09 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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