Melitene

settlement · 18000 BC – 2000 AD

Melitene was an ancient city on the Tohma River. It was the station of Legio XII Fulminata from AD 70 onwards.

Coordinates

38.38222, 38.36115

Also known as

Arslantepe (tr), Eski Malatya, Old Malatya, Eskimalatya (tr), Malatya (tr), Malaṭiya, Malatiya, Malatiyah, Malatya, Malatiyya, Malatiyyah (arb), Malaṭya, Malaṭya, Malatya (ota), Malaṭīya, Malaṭīyah, Malidāja, Malidāya (akk), Malitija, Malitiya, Milidiya, Malidiya (hit), Malāṭıyye,Malatiyye (ota), Meliddu, Melidu, Milidu (akk), Meliddāja, Meliddāya (akk), Melidu (akk), Melidāja, Melidāya (akk), Melitena, Melitēna, Melitēnē, Melitene (grc), Rhōmanopolis, Romanopolis (grc), Rōmanopolis, XII Fulminata garrison (en), mlz (arc), ملطیه (ota)

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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