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ID: 7018163
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018163
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Utica (deserted settlement)  Utica (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.0660  decimal degrees
Long: 010 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Phoenicians; was allied with Carthage; then sided with Rome against Carthage in the Third Punic War; after Rome was victorious ca. 145 BCE, city prospered as capital of Africa; taken by Vandals 439 CE, by Byzantines 534; destroyed by Arabs ca. 700.

Names:
Utica (preferred,C,V)
Utique (C,V)
Utique, Ruines d' (C,V)
Henchir Bou Chateur (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tunisia (nation)  ........  Tunisia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bizerte (governorate)  ............  Bizerte (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Utica (deserted settlement)  ................  Utica (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ....  Roman Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Africa (province)  ........  Africa (province) (P,H) from 146 BCE
Hierarchy of Utica (deserted settlement)  ............  Utica (deserted settlement) (P,H)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)  ............  founded ca. 8th century BCE; ancient city was on a promontory on gulf, though today site is inland due to build-up of alluvium
town (H)
port (H)
episcopal see (H)  ............  established in 3rd century CE
colony (H)  ............  of ancient Rome

Sources and Contributors:
Henchir Bou Chateur..........  [VP]
...................................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Utica..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 977-978
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 1 May 2009
..............  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 949-950
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1279
Utique..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 1 May 2009
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Utique, Ruines d'..........  [VP]
................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 1 May 2009
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 977-978
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 1 May 2009
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 949-950
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1279
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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