Arados

settlement · 2000 BC – 2099 AD

Arados (modern Arwad, Syria) is located on Ruad Island in the Syrian Sea. The island was first settled by Phoenicians in the second millennium BC.

Coordinates

34.85759, 35.85943

Also known as

Aradus, Armāda (akk), Armādāja, Armādāya (akk), Arouad (fr), Aruad (de), Arvād, Arwad (hbo), Arwadda (akk), Arwād (et), Arwāda, Arwādi (akk), Arwādāja, Arwādāya (akk), Ile de Rouad, Jazīrat Arwād (ara), Nāḩiyat Arwād (ara), Ruad Island, Ruâd (Aradus), Αρουάντ (el), Арвад (be), Аруад (bg), אַ‏רְוָ‏ד (hbo), ארווד (he), أرواد (ar), ارواد (fa), جزيرة أرواد (ara), ناحية أرواد (ara), አርዋድ (am)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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