Castra Mefaa

fort · 30 BC – 2100 AD

A site that originated as a Roman castrum and developed into a town from the fifth century onward. Archaeological remains date from the Roman, Byzantine, and Early Muslim periods.

Coordinates

31.50013, 35.92026

Also known as

Kastrom Mefa'a (en), Kastrom Mefa'a (en), Mefa (ara), Mefaath (ara), Um el Resas (ara), Umm ar Raşāş (ara), Umm ar-Rasas (ara), Umm ar-Rasas, Umm er-Rasas, Umm al-Raṣāṣ (ar), Umm er Riṣāṣ (ara), Κάστρον Μεφαα (grc), أم الرصاص (ara), أم الرّصاص (ara), أم الرّصاص (ar), كاسرتون ميفعة (ara)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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