Samaria/Sebaste

settlement · 1000 BC – 2100 AD

Samaria/Sebaste was an ancient city of Iudaea. In 30 B.C., it passed under the control of Herod the Great and was renamed Sebaste in honor of the emperor Augustus.

Coordinates

32.27645, 35.19008

Also known as

Al-Sāmirah (ar), Gabinia, Sabastiyah (en), Sabasţīyah (en), Samaria (en), Samaria, Samarna (akk), Samerna, Samirna (akk), Samernāya, Samernāja, Samirnāja, Samirnāya (akk), Samerīna, Samirīna (akk), Samerīnāya, Samerīnāja, Samirīnāja, Samirīnāya (akk), Sebaste, Sebaste (grc), Σεβαστή (grc), السامرة (ar)

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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