Historical place profile
Heraclea
An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor at modern Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey. It is often referred to as Heraclea Pontica (or Heraclea in Pontus) to distinguish it from other cities with the same name.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:844944
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:844944
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.283255, 31.417414
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor at modern Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey. It is often referred to as Heraclea Pontica (or Heraclea in Pontus) to distinguish it from other cities with the same name.
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 86 B2 Heraclea
Source and reuse
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Research path
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