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ID: 7001175
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001175
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of El Ksar (deserted settlement)  El Ksar (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.7830  decimal degrees
Long: 006 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.0833  decimal degrees

Note: A vicus (village or ward) in Numidia; became a municipium 162 CE; site of Christian community & bishop in 3rd cen.; town was occupied by Byzantines; noted ruins include forum, triumphal arch & temple dedicated to Diana.

Names:
El Ksar (preferred,C,V)
Zana (C,V)
Diana Veteranorum (H,V,S)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Batna (province)  ............  Batna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of El Ksar (deserted settlement)  ................  El Ksar (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  ancient Numidian settlement
municipium (H)  ............  Roman municipium founded 162 AD for veterans of 3rd Augustan Legion
inhabited place (H)
Ancient Roman (H)
Numidian (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Diana Veteranorum..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
................................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 3802
................................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 272
El Ksar..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 March 2015
Zana..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
...........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
...........  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-197
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 3802
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 272
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-197
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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