Surt

fort · 30 BC – 1999 AD

Medieval Arab settlement, located 55km east of modern Sirte, Libya. Roman-period spolia in the medieval settlement, as well as evidence from the Roman itineraries, place the ancient site of Charax/(I)Scina here or somewhere in the vicinity.

Coordinates

31.13044, 17.10258

Also known as

Mdayna en Syrtique (fr), Mdayna en Syrtique (fr), Medina Sultan (en), Medina Sultan (en), Sort (en), Sort (en)

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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