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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah
  • geo:35.66856,39.842445

Period or year

  • 270~ / unknown

Classification

  • fort
  • Visible

Zalebiya - Annoukas

data access 11476

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

Nearby sites

  • Zenobia, Decumanus
    East-West-oriented road of the city
    Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah
  • Zenobia, Thermae
    Baths of Halabiye
    Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah
  • Zenobia, Southern Basilica
    Vth century Christian Basilica
    Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah
  • Zenobia
    ZENOBIA Halebiye. Halabiye - fortified town of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra IIIrd century AD.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Ḩalabīyah

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Creators: Entry created by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2012-12-22) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-18), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/11476
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R.J.J. and Lendering, J., Zalebiya - Annoukas. https://vici.org/vici/11476, accessed 2026-11-09.