Nicephorium/Callinicum/Leontopolis
settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD
Nicephorium (modern ar-Raqqa in Syria) was an ancient settlement on the river Euphrates in Syria. It may be identical with Callinicum, which was renamed Leontopolis in the mid-fifth century CE.
- Coordinates
- 35.95002, 39.05699
- Also known as
- Callinicum, Kallinikos (grc), Leonopolis, Leontopolis (akk), Nicephorion (la), Nicephorion (la), Nicephorium (la), Nicephorium (la), Nikephorion, Nikēphorion (grc), Raqqa, Raḳḳa (ota), Raḳḳa (ota), ar-Raqqa, al-Raqqa, el-Raqqa, er-Raqqa, ar-Raqqah, al-Raqqah, el-Raqqah, er-Raqqah, Rakka, Raqqa (arb), ar-Rāfiqa, ar-Rafiqa, al-Rafiqa, er-Rafiqa, el-Rafiqa, ar-Rafiqah, al-Rafiqah, er-Rafiqah, el-Rafiqah (arb), Νικηφόριον (grc), رقه (ota)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)