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ID: 7008311
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008311
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Egnazia (deserted settlement)  Egnazia (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 017 24 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Important port city on the boundary between Messapia & Peucezia; ancient site, first settlement is dated to the Bronze Age (15th century BCE); in the 11th century BCE was invaded by the Iapyges; was Messapian city 4th-3rd cen. BCE & later a Roman municipium; episcopal see during the Christian era; deserted for unknown reasons during the early Middle Ages.

Names:
Egnazia (preferred,C,V)
Egnatia (H,V)
Ignatia (H,V)
Gnathia (H,V)  ............ ancient
Egnasia (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Apulia (region (administrative division))  ............  Apulia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Brindisi (province)  ................  Brindisi (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Egnazia (deserted settlement)  ....................  Egnazia (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  from as early as Bronze & Iron Ages until suddenly deserted at the beginning of the Middle Ages
archaeological site (C)  ............  since 1912-1913, when the first systematic excavations began
municipium (H)
episcopal see (H)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Egnasia..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Egnatia..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Pleiades (2006-) http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442573
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Egnazia..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 357-358
.................  TCI: Puglia (1978) 365
Gnathia..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 3015
.................  Pleiades (2006-) http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442573
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Ignatia..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 3015
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 357-358
..................  TCI: Puglia (1978) 365
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Pleiades (2006-)
..........  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites [online] (2000-)

 

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