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ID: 5003665
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5003665
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gigthi (deserted settlement)  Gigthi (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 31 58 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 010 39 57 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on the Bou Grara gulf; most likely founded by Phoenicians; traded with Greece and Egypt; ruled by Numidia after the decline of Carthage; prospered due to olive groves in the interior and trade with Ostia; declared a municipium by Antoninus Pius.

Names:
Gigthi (preferred,C,V)
Gigthis (C,V,S)
Gightis (C,V)
Gigti (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tūnis (nation)  ........  Tūnis (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Médenine (governorate)  ............  Médenine (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Gigthi (deserted settlement)  ................  Gigthi (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 Gigthi (deserted settlement)  ............  Gigthi (deserted settlement) (P,H)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Phoenicians
archaeological site (C)
ruins (C)
inhabited place (H)
port (H)
colony (H)  ............  of ancient Rome

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Boughrara .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Africa, Tūnis, Médenine) [7594119]

Sources and Contributors:
Gightis..........  [VP]
.................  Guide Bleu: Tunisie (1977) 145
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Gigthi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) 32SPC5475811658
Gigthis..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) P
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8467
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 353-354
Gigti..........  [VP]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Ancient World, Archaeology (1995) P
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8467
..................  Guide Bleu: Tunisie (1977) 145
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 353-354
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

 

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