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ID: 5004380 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5004380			Record Type: administrative

Augusta (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 02 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 37.0330 decimal degrees
Long: 035 49 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 35.8160 decimal degrees

Note: Ancient city probably faded into obscurity after Muslims invaded Cilicia 7th cen.; modern survey of site noted triumphal arch foundations, theater, bath building & basilica; ruins & nearby Gübe village disappeared beneath waters from Ceyhan dam 1955.

Names:

Augusta (preferred,C,V)

Augusta Mopsuestia (H,V)

Augusta Cilicia (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Turkey (nation) (P)

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Adana (province) (P)

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Augusta (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)	............	founded AD 20
submerged site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Augusta..........	[GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 113

Augusta Cilicia..........	[VP]
.............................	ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)

Augusta Mopsuestia..........	[VP]
...................................	ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)

Subject: .....	[GRLPSC, VP]
..................	ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 113


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)

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