Historical place profile

Magarsa/Antiochia ad Pyramum

Magarsa was a settlement in eastern Cilicia, located on the Karataş Peninsula near the mouth of the river Pyramus. In the Hellenistic period, it was re-founded as Antiochia ad Pyramum.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:648701
Catalogue ID
pleiades:648701
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
36.544951, 35.345515
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Magarsa was a settlement in eastern Cilicia, located on the Karataş Peninsula near the mouth of the river Pyramus. In the Hellenistic period, it was re-founded as Antiochia ad Pyramum.

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 66 G3 Magarsa/Antiochia ad Pyramum

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Research path

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