Opone

settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Opone, mentioned in the first-century A.D. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, was a trading center located in the Horn of Africa, likely in the area of present day Hafun, Somalia.

Coordinates

10.41609, 51.27605

Also known as

emporion Opone (grc), ἐμπόριον Ὀπώνη (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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