Historical place profile
Zela
Zela (modern Zile, Turkey) was an important ancient city of north-central Asia Minor; Strabo claimed Semiramis had founded the site. Iulius Caesar prevailed in the Battle of Zela against Pharnaces II of The Kingdom of Pontus, coining the phrase "veni, vidi, vici".
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:857382
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:857382
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.303883, 35.890188
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Zela (modern Zile, Turkey) was an important ancient city of north-central Asia Minor; Strabo claimed Semiramis had founded the site. Iulius Caesar prevailed in the Battle of Zela against Pharnaces II of The Kingdom of Pontus, coining the phrase "veni, vidi, vici".
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 87 A4 Zela
Source and reuse
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Research path
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