Toponym TP (renewed): | Heraclea |
Name (modern): | near Bitola |
Image: | ![]() To the image detail |
Toponym before | XI Ceramie XI Nicea |
Toponym following | XXXII Cellis |
Alternative Image | --- |
Image (Barrington 2000) |
![]() |
Image (Scheyb 1753) | --- |
Image (Welser 1598) | --- |
Image (MSI 2025) | --- |
Pleiades: | https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481861 |
Area: | Southern Balkans |
Toponym Type: | Toponym with Symbol |
Grid square: | 7B1 |
Toponym Color: | black |
Vignette Type : | A Twin Towers |
Itinerary: | Heraclea (319,1); Heraclia (330,3); civitas Heraclea (606,9) |
Alternative Name (Lexica): | Herakleia (DNP) |
Name A (RE): | Herakleia 5 |
Name B (Barrington Atlas): | Herakleia (49 D2) |
Name C (TIR/TIB/others): | Herakleia (TIR K 34, 62; TIB 1, 172) |
Name D (Miller): | Herclea |
Name E (Levi): | Heraclea (A,I,14) |
Name F (Ravennate): | Eraclia Xantica (p. 51,35); Ieraclea (p. 51,41); |
Name G (Ptolemy): |   |
Plinius: |   |
Strabo: |   |
Dating from Toponym on TP: | Roman Imperial Period (Severan dynasty and 3rd century |
Argument for Dating: | Die Namensform "Heraclea" ist für diesen Ort nur im 3. Jh. n. Chr. überliefert. In dieser Zeit erhielt die Stadt auch den Ehrentitel Septimia Aurelia Heraclea, was gut zu der Auszeichnung mit einer Doppelturmvignette passt. |
Commentary on the Toponym: |
Gleiche Namensform: |
References: |
Dimitrova, Elizabeta: From the image of the cosmos to painted dogma. Heraclea Lyncestis. Mosaic pavements, Makedonsko nasledstvo 9 Nr.27 (2006), 3-22. |
Last Update: | 15.01.2025 16:31 |
Cite this page:
https://tp-online.ku.de/trefferanzeige_en.php?id=915 [last accessed on July 30, 2025]