Chardaleon

region · 30 BC – 2099 AD

A region on the Red Sea coast of the Arabian peninsula, mentioned in a north-to-south list of toponyms by Pliny the Elder, and by other Greco-Roman sources. BAtlas identified it as lying in the area of the modern al-Lith governorate in Saudi Arabia.

Coordinates

20.71164, 40.52729

Also known as

Cardalena, Cardaleon, al-Lith, Al-Layth, allayth (ar), regio Chardaleon (la), الليث (ar)

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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