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ID: 7004148
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004148
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Siponto (deserted settlement)  Siponto (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 015 54 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 15.9000  decimal degrees

Note: According to legend, founded by Diomedes; occupied by Alexander of Molossos 330 BC; Roman colony 194 BC; occupied by Marc Antony during civil war 40 BC; artifacts include limestone stelai of 7th-6th cen. BC.

Names:
Siponto (preferred,C,V)
Sipontum (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Puglia (region (administrative division))  ............  Puglia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Foggia (province)  ................  Foggia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Siponto (deserted settlement)  ....................  Siponto (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  site of an ancient Daunian city, inhabited through Roman times & abandoned 13th cen. due to unhealthful stagnant lagoons
archaeological site (C)
episcopal see (H)  ............  from AD 1st cen. until abandoned 13th cen.
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Siponto..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 562
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 771
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 842-843
.................  TCI: Puglia (1978) 206
Sipontum..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 562
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 771
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -129784
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 842-843
..................  TCI: Puglia (1978) 206
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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