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ID: 7001175
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001175
Record Type:
administrative
El Ksar (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 47 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.7830
decimal degrees
Long: 006 05 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 6.0833
decimal degrees
Note:
A vicus (village or ward) in Numidia; became a municipium 162 CE; site of Christian community & bishop in 3rd cen.; town was occupied by Byzantines; noted ruins include forum, triumphal arch & temple dedicated to Diana.
Names:
El Ksar
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Zana
(
C
,
V
)
Diana Veteranorum
(
H
,
V
,
S
)
............
ancient
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Al-Jazā'ir
(nation) (
P
)
............
Batna
(province) (
P
)
................
El Ksar
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
ancient Numidian settlement
municipium (
H
)
............
Roman municipium founded 162 AD for veterans of 3rd Augustan Legion
inhabited place (
H
)
Ancient Roman (
H
)
Numidian (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Diana Veteranorum..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
................................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
3802
................................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
272
El Ksar..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 9 March 2015
Zana..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
...........
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
...........
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-197
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998)
3802
..................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
272
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-197
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
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© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
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