Historical place profile
Xantheia
The ancient Thracian city of Xantheia, located somewhere in the vicinity of ancient Maroneia (modern Ag. Kharalabos in the Greek administrative region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace). No archaeological evidence connects the ancient city with the more recent location that now bears its name. BAtlas tentatively and approximately placed (hollow symbol) ancient Xantheia some 50 kilometers east-southeast of modern Xanthi and 7 kilometers west of ancient Maroneia.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:501661
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:501661
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.905051, 25.429509
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The ancient Thracian city of Xantheia, located somewhere in the vicinity of ancient Maroneia (modern Ag. Kharalabos in the Greek administrative region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace). No archaeological evidence connects the ancient city with the more recent location that now bears its name. BAtlas tentatively and approximately placed (hollow symbol) ancient Xantheia some 50 kilometers east-southeast of modern Xanthi and 7 kilometers west of ancient Maroneia.
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 E3 Xantheia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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