Historical place profile
Kainepolis
Major city of Armenia. Inhabited since the Neolithic Period, the city was capital of the Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia from 120-330 CE, and became a major religious center with the construction of Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the early 4th century.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:863815
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:863815
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.176099, 44.292264
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Major city of Armenia. Inhabited since the Neolithic Period, the city was capital of the Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia from 120-330 CE, and became a major religious center with the construction of Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the early 4th century.
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 C4 Kainepolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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