Historical place profile

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen (modern Gelendzhik) was a Greek trading outpost on the Black Sea known to the Romans as Pagrae.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:825407
Catalogue ID
pleiades:825407
Place type
port, settlement
Coordinates
44.568171, 38.023726
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen (modern Gelendzhik) was a Greek trading outpost on the Black Sea known to the Romans as Pagrae.

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 84 D4 Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen

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Research path

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