Aradus

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Aradus is the ancient name of the Mediterranean island city-state now known as Arwad, located off the coast of modern-day Syria.

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Label Occurrences
Aradus canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician city
ancient city-state
island city
associatedWith Phoenician thalassocracy
countryDuringClassicalAntiquity Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
culture Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenician culture
distanceFromCoast approximately 3 kilometers
engagedIn maritime trade
seafaring
hasArchaeologicalSite Arwad archaeological remains
hasFortifications city walls
harbor defenses
hasGeographicFeature island
hasHarbor ancient harbor facilities
hasPoliticalStatus independent city-state
polis
hasRole maritime trading center
naval base
knownInArabicAs Arwad
knownInGreekAs Arados
knownInLatinAs Aradus self-link
language Phoenician language
laterLanguage Greek language
Latin
surface form: Latin language
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea
locatedInPresentDay Syria
locatedOffCoastOf Syria
modernName Arwad
nearbyBodyOfWater Eastern Mediterranean
offCoastNear Tartus
offCoastOf Tartus
surface form: Tartus Governorate
partOf Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
presentDayCountry Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
presentDayMunicipality Arwad
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
regionInAntiquity Coele-Syria
surface form: Syro-Phoenicia
religion Phoenician religion
strategicImportance control of coastal sea routes
surroundedBy Mediterranean Sea
timePeriod Bronze Age
Classical antiquity
Iron Age
typeOfSettlement walled island city
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire
Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
Roman Empire

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Referenced by (3)

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

Arwad knownAs Aradus
Arados alsoKnownAs Aradus
Aradus knownInLatinAs Aradus self-link