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ID: 7002333
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002333
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alexandria Troas (deserted settlement)  Alexandria Troas (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 45 06 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.7510  decimal degrees
Long: 026 09 31 E  degrees minutes   Long: 26.1580  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient site located on the west shore of the ancient Troas region. According to Strabo, original settlement was Sigeia; around 306 BCE Antigonus refounded the city as the much-expanded Antigonia Troas by settling the people of five other towns in Sigeia.

Names:
Alexandria Troas (preferred,C,V)
Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς (C,V,Greek,U)
Eski Stambul (C,V,Turkish,U)
Sigeia (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Çanakkale (province)  ............  Çanakkale (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Alexandria Troas (deserted settlement)  ................  Alexandria Troas (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
ruins (C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)
city (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς..........  [VP]
................................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Alexandria Troas..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 936
Eski Stambul..........  [VP]
.......................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Sigeia..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 936
..................  Smith, Alexandria Troas, Anatolian Studies (1979)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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