Historical place profile

Madytos

Settlement located in the modern town of Eceabat on the Gallipoli Peninsula containing signs of continuous habitation from the 3rd millennium BCE through the Medieval period.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:501503
Catalogue ID
pleiades:501503
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
40.184747, 26.356071
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Settlement located in the modern town of Eceabat on the Gallipoli Peninsula containing signs of continuous habitation from the 3rd millennium BCE through the Medieval period.

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 51 G4 Madytos

Source and reuse

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Research path

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