Historical place profile
el-Bara
el-Bara (also Bara or al-Bara (Arabic: بارة)) is numbered among one of the so-called "Dead Cities" of northwestern Syria. The settlement originates in the fourth century CE and flourishes during the fifth and sixth centuries. It benefited from a favorable position along the route between Antioch and Apamea.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:668207
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:668207
- Place type
- ruin, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.688914, 36.530761
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
el-Bara (also Bara or al-Bara (Arabic: بارة)) is numbered among one of the so-called "Dead Cities" of northwestern Syria. The settlement originates in the fourth century CE and flourishes during the fifth and sixth centuries. It benefited from a favorable position along the route between Antioch and Apamea.
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 68 C2 el-Bara
Source and reuse
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Research path
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