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TM Geo 3668
Egypt - Western coast (Western coast)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - in the Marmarica; according to Diodoros in Libya; according to Ptolemaios in the nomos Libya (admin.)
31.350136,27.2368445 (Lat,Long)
Gods in this toponym: Ammon (TM God 102)
Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, Talbert Peutinger, ToposText, Wikipedia
Status: city: civitas; harbour: limen
Greek name(s): Παραιτόνιον - Ἀμμωνία
Latin name(s): Paraetonium - Paratonion - Paretonio
Ethnic(s): Paraitonios - Paraetonius - Paraetoniensis
Modern name(s): Mersa Matruh
Variants: Paraitonion (Paraetonium) - Ammonia - Mersa (Marsa) Matruh
Repertoria: Dizionario I 1, p. 63; I 2, p. 16 (2); IV, p. 51-52 (1); p. 52; Suppl. 1, p. 219; Suppl. 2, p. 151 (1)
Biblio: Cohen, The Hellenistic settlements, 2006, p. 348-349
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 187 [a] (Mersa Matruh); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 1 I4 (Paraetonium); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 73 E2 (Paraetonium / Ammonia)
TM GeoRef | Publication | Attestation | Language | Date |
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44132 | Pseudo-Scylax, Periplus, 107 [l] | εἰς Παραιτόνιον λιμέναstatus: limen (apposition) | Greek | BC 599 - 300 | ||
42393 | Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, 1, 31, 2 [b] | ἀπὸ γὰρ Παραιτονίουadm. situation: Libya | Greek | BC 54 - 36 about? | ||
45954 | Caesar, Bellum Alexandrinum, 8, 2 [b] | a Paratonioadm. situation: Libya | Latin | BC 48 - 44? | ||
265822 | Ovidius, Amores, 2, 13, 7 [a] | Paraetoniumadm. situation: Libya | Latin | BC 20 - 1 about | ||
266096 | Ovidius, Ars amatoria, 3, 390 | Paraetonicasadm. situation: Libya | Latin | BC 1 - AD 4 | ||
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