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ID: 7006419
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006419

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Berat (inhabited place)  Berat (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 019 46 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 19.7667  decimal degrees

Note: The historic center of the town is designated, along with the historic center of Gjirokastër, a World Heritage Site. It was a town in the ancient the ancient Greek region Epirus. It is possible that it was founded by Cassander, and named after his father Antipater in 314 BCE. A fortress-settlement of the Greek Dassaretae tribe existed in the area as the 6th century BCE, as it was then located on the border between Illyria and Epirus. It was captured by the Romans in the 2nd century BCE.

Names:
Berat (preferred,C,V)
Berati (C,V)
Antipatrea (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Albania (nation)  ........  Albania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Berat (county)  ............  Berat (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Berat (inhabited place)  ................  Berat (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  by legend, founded in 314 BCE
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)
fortified settlement (H)  ............  as defined by Livy, was fortified and located in a narrow pass when it was sacked and burned by Romans

Sources and Contributors:
Antipatrea..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.......................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8456
.......................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Berat..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 26
Berati..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8456
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 26
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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