Historical place profile
Harmozike
Harmozike was an ancient site in Georgia and the dwelling of the royalty of Caucasian Iberia. The site is located on the Bagineti hill in modern Mccheta. Pompeius Magnus captured the site in 65 BC.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:863799
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:863799
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.838751, 44.674812
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Harmozike was an ancient site in Georgia and the dwelling of the royalty of Caucasian Iberia. The site is located on the Bagineti hill in modern Mccheta. Pompeius Magnus captured the site in 65 BC.
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 88 C3 Harmozike
Source and reuse
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Research path
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