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

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, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), 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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, 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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, 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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (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,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King, Routledge Worlds (London: Routledge, 2019), 460–75, 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.

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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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