Tripolis

settlement · 1344 BC – 2000 AD

The Phoenicians established a commercial outpost at Tripolis (Tripoli) in the ninth century BC. An independent city during the Hellenistic period, Tripolis came under Roman control in 64 BC.

Coordinates

34.44900, 35.81200

Also known as

Aṭrabalus (ota), Tripoli (de), Waḫliya, Wakhliya, Wahliya (akk), al-Mīnā, al-Mīnāʾ, al-Mina, el-Mina, al-Mina', el-Mina' (arb), Τρίπολις (grc), Ṭarāblus, Ṭarābulus aš-Šām, Tarabulus ash-Sham, Tarabulus esh-Sham, Tarabulus al-Sham, Tarabulus el-Sham, Tarablus ash-Sham, Tarablus esh-Sham, Tarablus al-Sham, Tarablus el-Sham (arb), Ṭarābulus, Tarabulus (ar), Ṭarābulus, Tarabulus, Tarablus (arb), Ṭrablūs-Şām (ota), Ṭrāblus, Trablus (arb)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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