Historical place profile
Tripolis
The Phoenicians established a commercial outpost at Tripolis (Tripoli) in the ninth century BC. An independent city during the Hellenistic period, Tripolis came under Roman control in 64 BC.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:668394
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:668394
- Place type
- bath, cemetery, church, fort-group, pass, road, settlement, temple, theatre, urban
- Coordinates
- 34.449000, 35.812000
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The Phoenicians established a commercial outpost at Tripolis (Tripoli) in the ninth century BC. An independent city during the Hellenistic period, Tripolis came under Roman control in 64 BC.
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 68 A5 Tripolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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