Historical place profile

Samiopoula (settlement opposite)

On the island of Samos, opposite the small islet of Samiopoula on land then controlled by that islets' inhabitants, twentieth-century scholars noted remains of a Roman-Byzantine-era settlement and associated tombs.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:599924
Catalogue ID
pleiades:599924
Place type
cemetery, settlement
Coordinates
37.651889, 26.799670
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

On the island of Samos, opposite the small islet of Samiopoula on land then controlled by that islets' inhabitants, twentieth-century scholars noted remains of a Roman-Byzantine-era settlement and associated tombs.

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 61 D2 Samiopoula

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Research path

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