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Sergiopolis - ܪܨܦܐ

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A town southwest of Kallinikos.

Names

  • ܪܨܦܐ5
  • Sergiopolis1, 7, 8
  • رُصافة الشام3
  • Reṣafa1, 6, 8
  • Rusafa2

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 35.616667° Long. 38.75°1
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 35.6290295000° Long. 38.7580061000°6, 7

Descriptions

A town southwest of Kallinikos.
“The city of Rusafa in the Syrian desert became known as Sergiopolis in Late Antiquity because of the martyr Sergius. Joh. Eph., EH 6.4 refers to it under its former name Rusafa.”4

Attestation

Attestation of name رُصافة الشام in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. رُصافة الشام3 3

Notes

GEDSH Map 2 omits dot under the s in the name "Resafa."
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., map: Map I B2, II B2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Rusafa.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: III:54.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1360-1361.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 285, chapter: 3.6.4.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 2, 7.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 1, 7.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 8 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 832.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 9 Emma Loosley, "The Material Culture of the Syrian Peoples in Late Antiquity and the Evidence for Syrian Wall Paintings." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), p: 460-475.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 p: 770-782., p: 770-782.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Sergiopolis” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/165.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Sergiopolis.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/165.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Sergiopolis

Additional Credit:

  • Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Emma Loosley
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Nathanael Andrade
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson

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