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ID: 7015435
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015435
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nin (inhabited place)  Nin (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.2333  decimal degrees
Long: 015 11 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 15.1830  decimal degrees

Note: Located 14 km N of Zadar; site of rich tombs from 1st millennium BCE; Illyrian tribe of Liburnians were present by 9th century BCE; was an important Roman center under Tiberius and mentioned by Pliny; conquered by Ostrogoths in 500 CE and by the Croats in the 7th century.

Names:
Nin (preferred,C,V)
Nona (C,V)
Aenona (H,V,Latin,U,N)  ............ ancient
Enona (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Croatia (nation)  ........  Croatia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zadarska Županija (county)  ............  Zadarska Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Nin (inhabited place)  ................  Nin (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an important Early Iron Age Liburni center
town (C)
archaeological site (C)  ............  includes necropolis from both 1st mill. BCE & Roman times, monumental Roman temple & ancient walls
civitas (H)
municipium (H)
Ancient Roman (H)
Illyrian (H)
Early Iron Age (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Aenona..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 9962
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 14
Enona..........  [VP]
..............  AATA database (1995-)
Nin..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) 33TWJ1464197805, accessed 16 August 2012
...........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 14
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 77
Nona..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 August 2012
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 9962
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 August 2012
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 14
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 77
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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