Epiphania

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Epiphania was the ancient Greco-Roman name of the Syrian city now known as Hama.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Epiphania canonical 2
Epiphaneia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
functionedAs regional administrative center ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Epiphaneia ⓘ
linked to: Epiphania

Epiphania on the Orontes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Hama tell ⓘ
linked to: Hama
hasCoordinateApprox 35.1333°N 36.75°E ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasHistoricalRegion Coele-Syria ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasModernName Hama ⓘ
hasNameEtymology derived from the epithet Epiphanes ⓘ
hasNotableFeature location on north–south trade routes in Syria ⓘ
strategic position on the Orontes River ⓘ
hasReligionHistorical Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Syria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedInWork Itinerarium Antonini ⓘ
Ptolemy’s Geography ⓘ
namedAfter Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
partOf Roman Syria ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
predecessorSettlement Bronze Age settlement at Hama ⓘ
successorSettlement Hama ⓘ
usedInCulture Greek ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
wasRenamedDuring Hellenistic era ⓘ
wasUrbanCenterOf Orontes valley ⓘ
linked to: Orontes River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hama → historicalName → Epiphania ⓘ
Epiphania → hasAlternativeName → Epiphaneia ⓘ
linked to: Epiphania