Amaseia

settlement · 1750 BC – 2000 AD

Amaseia (modern Amasya) was a naturally fortified settlement in the Pontic mountains near the Black Sea. It served as the capital of the kingdom of Pontus from ca. 300 BC to 183 BC.

Coordinates

40.66681, 35.82794

Also known as

Amasia (la), Amasia (la), Amasya (ota), Amāsiya, Amasiya (arb), Amāsiyye,Amasiyye (ota), Amāsīya, اماسيه (ota), Ḫaraşna (ota), Ἀμάσεια (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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