Ake/Ptolemais

settlement · 2600000 BC – 2000 AD

The Phoenician city of Akko was re-founded by Ptolemy II Philadelphos from ca. 285-246 B.C.

Coordinates
32.92129, 35.07984
Also known as
Acca, Accon (ka), Acre (fr), Ake, Akka (akk), Akkon, Accho, Akers, Akko (de), Akkû, Akkū, Akku (akk), Akē, Ake (grc), Antiocheia (grc), Antiocheia Ptolemais (grc), Col. Claudia (Nerōnia) C. Pt., Colonia Claudia Nerōnia Caesarea Ptolemais, Colonia Claudia Caesarea Ptolemais (ka), Colonia Claudia (Nerōnia) Caes., Colonia Claudia Caesarea, Colonia Claudia Neronia Caesarea (ka), Colonia Claudia Caes. P., Colonia Claudia Caesarea Ptolemais, Colonia Claudia Caes. Ptol., Colonia Claudia Caesarea Ptolemais (ka), Ptolemais, Ptolemais, Ptolemaïs (grc), Ptolemaïs (grc), Ptolemaǐs, Saint Jean d'Acre, Saint-Jean-d'Acre, St-Jean-d'Acre (fro), Tall al-Faḫḫār, Tall al-Fuḫḫār, Tall al-Fukhar, Tall al-Fukkhar, Tell el-Fukhar, Tell el-Foukhar, Tall al-Fakhar, Tell el-Fakhar (arb), ʿAkka, ʿAkko, Akko, Acco (hbo), ʿAkkā (ota), ʿAkkā, Akka (arb), Πτολεμαΐς (grc), תל עכו (hbo), عكا (ota)
Dating
attested

Sources

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