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ID: 6002796
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002796
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Histria (deserted settlement)  Histria (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 32 51 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.5470  decimal degrees
Long: 028 46 29 E  degrees minutes   Long: 28.7740  decimal degrees

Note: Was a Greek colony near the mouths of the Danube. Located N of Constanţa; was founded by Milesians on a gulf that was later made into a lagoon; was often sacked, including by Scythians (6th cen. BCE), probably by Lysimachos (4th cen. BCE), Getae, & Goths (3rd cen. CE); was part of Roman imperial Moesia.

Names:
Histria (preferred,C,V)
Istros (C,V)  ............ ancient
Istrus (C,V)
Ἰστρίη (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Romania (nation)  ........  Romania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Constanţa (county)  ............  Constanţa (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Histria (deserted settlement)  ................  Histria (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Milesians around 7th cen. BC, abandoned around 7th cen. AD
archaeological site (C)  ............  excavations include walls & buildings from Hellenistic, Roman & Christian periods
inhabited place (H)
colony (H)
Ancient Greek (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Ἰστρίη..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Histria..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 419
Istros..........  [VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 89
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 419
Istrus..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 89
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 419
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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