Aethiopia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.W.B. Fentress

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne

Last modified Sep 24, 2022 10:16 PM — History

Aethiopia is a term used in the Classical sources to refer both to Upper Egypt and the regions south of the Sahara desert. It is employed as early as the time of Homer.

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Canonical URI for this page:
http://3.22.44.247/places/334481

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
33.0829803081, 5.77617050791

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aethiopia (30 BC - AD 300)

Aethiopia makes connections with:

None

Aethiopia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
region, map label location

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 5.30.10

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 34 B5 Aethiopia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S Oued Djedi

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Suggested citation:
E.W.B. Fentress, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Aethiopia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <http://3.22.44.247/places/334481> [accessed: 05 July 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=http://3.22.44.247/places/334481 |title=Places: 334481 (Aethiopia) |author=Fentress, E. |accessdate=July 5, 2025 1:51 am |publisher=Pleiades}}