Marcian of Heraclea (Greek: Μαρκιανὸς Ἡρακλεώτης, Markianòs Hērakleṓtēs; Latin: Marcianus Heracleënsis; fl. c. 4th century AD) was a minor Greek geographer...
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Promathidas of Heraclea, historian Marcian of Heraclea, geographer Nicetas of Heraclea, Metropolitan of Heraclea Dionysius of Heraclea, tyrant of Heraclea Amastris...
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AD Roman soldier Marcian of Heraclea, 4th century AD geographer Marcianus (praefectus urbi), an urban prefect of Rome in 409 AD Marcian (usurper), tried...
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just beyond the English Channel. Ptolemy (Geographia, 2. 21) and Marcian of Heraclea (Periplus, 2. 42) both placed Hyperborea in the North Sea which they...
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century) Tabula Peutingeriana (4th century) Alypius of Antioch (4th century) Marcian of Heraclea (4th century) Expositio totius mundi et gentium (AD 350–362)...
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Great Britain (redirect from Island of Great Britain)
referred to Britain as Bretannikē, which is treated a feminine noun. Marcian of Heraclea, in his Periplus maris exteri, described the island group as αἱ Πρεττανικαὶ...
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Climax (Paphlagonia) (category History of Kastamonu Province)
Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia between Cytorus and Cape Carambis (modern Kerembe Burnu). Marcian of Heraclea places it 50 stadia east of Crobialus....
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Golden Chersonese (redirect from Isle of Chryse)
geographers, and the first specific mention of the Golden Chersonese may be in the work of Marcian of Heraclea. Chersonese means peninsula in Greek, and...
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Britain (place name) (redirect from Name of Britain)
island. Marcian of Heraclea, in his Periplus maris exteri, described the island group as αί Πρεττανικαί νήσοι (the Prettanic Isles). Stephanus of Byzantium...
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citation of Avignon (Aouen(n)ion) was made by Artemidorus of Ephesus. Although his book, The Journey, is lost it is known from the abstract by Marcian of Heraclea...
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