Ashqelon/Ascalon
church · 6000 BC – 2100 AD
Ashqelon/Ascalon was an ancient city in coastal Palestine, located midway between Azotus and Gaza. It became independent in 104 B.C. and remained the only free city in Palestine. Strabo refers to it, while Pliny calls it a free city (oppidum libera).
- Coordinates
- 31.66480, 34.55052
- Also known as
- Afridar (arb), Afridār, Ascalon (la), Ascalon (la), Ascaló (ca), Aschkelon (de), Ashkalon, Ashkelon (en), Ashkelon (af), Ashqelon, Askalon, Askalōn (grc), Askelōn, Askelon (grc), Asqalūnāja, Asqalūnāya (akk), Aşkelon (az), Aškelon (cs), Aškǝlon, Ašqaluna, Ashqaluna (akk), Ašqǝlon Barnẹaʿ, Ashqelon Barnea', Ashqelon Barnea (heb), Ašqǝlon, Ashqelon, Ashkelon (hbo), Colonia A., Colonia Ascalon (ka), Dioklētianoupolis, Diokletianoupolis (grc), Isqalluna (he), Isqallūna (akk), Isqalūna, Isqaluna, Isqalluna (akk), Isqalūnāja, Isqalūnāya (akk), Išqalūni (akk), Maǧdal, Migdal Gȧd, Migdal Gad (hbo), Peleia (grc), Sariphaia (grc), Tall ʿAsqalān, Tall 'Asqalan, Tall Asqalan, Tell 'Asqelan, Tell Asqelan (arb), Tẹl Ašqǝlon, Tel Ashqelon (heb), al-Maǧdal, al-Majdal, el-Majdal, Majdel, Majdal (arb), al-Ğūra, al-Jura, al-Jurah, el-Jura, el-Jurah (arb), ʾśqln (cana), ʿAsqalān, 'Asqalan, Asqalan, 'Asqelan, Asqelan (arb), ʿAsḳalān (ota), Ασκελόν (el), Ашкелон (be), אַשְׁקְלוֹן (he)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0© OpenHistoricalMap contributors