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Fortress Zenobia, View on river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, View from south with wall and citadelFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wall with view on river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, Remains seen across the riverFortress Zenobia, View on river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, View from south with wall and citadelFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wall with view on river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, Remains of west basilicaFortress Zenobia, View from south with wall and citadelZenobia PraetoriumFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wallFortress Zenobia, Remains of basilica's, seen from citadelFortress Zenobia, North wall with river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, RiverfrontZenobia PraetoriumFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wallFortress Zenobia, Remains of basilica's, seen from citadelFortress Zenobia, North wall with river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, Riverfront with wallZenobiaFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wall with view on river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, Remains of west basilica, , seen from citadelZenobia RivergateFortress Zenobia, Gate in north wall, towards river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, Remains of south wallFortress Zenobia, Remains of west basilicaRiver Euphrates near Fortress ZenobiaFortress Zenobia, Gate in north wall, towards river EuphratesFortress Zenobia, TextilesFortress Zenobia, View from south with wall and citadel

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah
  • geo:35.66856,39.842445
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • 270~ / unknown

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Zalebiye probably Basilea Regia - Fortress Annoukas on Eastern frontier border built opposite  Zenobia. According to Procopius fortress was completly destroyed [Ariel S. Lewin in: Frontiers in the Roman world : proceedings of the ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009), p. 252]

 

  1. Frontiers in the Roman world : proceedings of the ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009), Serie: Impact of Empire, v. 13, Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011, pp. 233-264]

  2. Zenobia: Byzantine fortress on the river Euphrates, modern Halebiye. Across the river is a second fort, now known as Zalebiye. See, http://www.livius.org/za-zn/zenobia/zenobia_fort.html
  3. Roman Military Architecture on the Frontiers: Armies and Their Architecture in Late Antiquity, pp. 147, 150
  4. Studi Interdisciplinari Sul Mondo Antico, Roma : L'erma di Bretschneider, 2003, p. 252

Relevant museums

Deir ez-Zor Museum

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum


Nearby

Zenobia, Decumanus (2 km)

East-West-oriented road of the city

Zenobia, Thermae (2 km)

Baths of Halabiye

Zenobia, Southern Basilica (2 km)

Vth century Christian Basilica


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