Antinoopolis

settlement · 30 BC – 1599 AD

An ancient city in Egypt established by Hadrian in A.D. 122 in honor of Antinous. The city stood on the east bank of the Nile, opposite Hermopolis.

Coordinates

27.81056, 30.88100

Also known as

Ansina, Antinoe, Anṣınā (ota), انصنا (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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