Historical place profile

Arae Philaenorum

A site located near the bottom of the Great Syrtis which marked the boundary between the territories of Carthage and Cyrene, and later between Tripolitana and Cyrenaica.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:363924
Catalogue ID
pleiades:363924
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
30.293895, 18.788188
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A site located near the bottom of the Great Syrtis which marked the boundary between the territories of Carthage and Cyrene, and later between Tripolitana and Cyrenaica.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 37 D2 Arae Philaenorum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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