Tarsus

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ancient city former populated place settlement

Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tarsus canonical	39
Tarsus of Cilicia	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ former populated place ⓘ settlement ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
foundedBy	Assyrians ⓘ Greeks ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittites
grantedStatus	free city by the Romans ⓘ
hasAncientName	Tarsos ⓘ Tarsus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tarsus of Cilicia
hasArchaeologicalSite	Cleopatra’s Gate ⓘ Roman baths ⓘ Roman road ⓘ St. Paul’s Well ⓘ ancient city walls ⓘ ancient theater ⓘ
hasEvent	meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion	Cilicia ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Athenodorus Cananites ⓘ Diodorus of Tarsus ⓘ Nestor of Tarsus ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Theodore of Mopsuestia ⓘ
knownFor	Roman provincial capital ⓘ birthplace of Paul the Apostle ⓘ major commercial center in antiquity ⓘ major cultural center in antiquity ⓘ philosophical schools in Hellenistic period ⓘ strategic position on trade routes ⓘ university-level schools in Roman era ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedBetween	Mediterranean coast and Taurus Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Cilicia ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Region Mersin Province ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear	Adana ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedOn	Tarsus River ⓘ
modernLanguageSpoken	Turkish ⓘ
modernSettlementType	city ⓘ district ⓘ
onTradeRoute	route between Mesopotamia and Aegean ⓘ route between Syria and central Anatolia ⓘ
partOf	Cilicia ⓘ surface form: Cilicia Pedias
religionHistorically	Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ Islam ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Roman province of Cilicia ⓘ
timeInhabitedSince	Bronze Age ⓘ
underRuleOf	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Seleucid Empire Ottoman Empire ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Apostle Paul → birthPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Cilician Armenia → earlierCapital → Tarsus ⓘ

al-Ma'mun → burialPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsus → hasAncientName → Tarsus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tarsus of Cilicia

Nectarius of Constantinople → birthPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Hugh of Vermandois → deathPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Cilicia → capital → Tarsus ⓘ

Cilicia → majorCity → Tarsus ⓘ

Rubenid dynasty → capital → Tarsus ⓘ

Hethumid dynasty → capital → Tarsus ⓘ

Maximinus Daia → deathPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Julian the Apostate → burialPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Mopsuestia → locatedEastOf → Tarsus ⓘ

Athenodorus Cananites → birthPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Athenodorus Cananites → citizenship → Tarsus ⓘ

Athenodorus Cananites → deathPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Nestor of Tarsus → placeOfBirth → Tarsus ⓘ

Nestor of Tarsus → associatedWith → Tarsus ⓘ

Diodorus of Tarsus → workLocation → Tarsus ⓘ

Diodorus of Tarsus → deathPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsos → hasNameVariant → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsos → hasModernSuccessor → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsos → modernName → Tarsus ⓘ

Cleopatra’s Gate → locatedIn → Tarsus ⓘ

Cleopatra’s Gate → city → Tarsus ⓘ

St. Paul’s Well → locatedIn → Tarsus ⓘ

St. Paul’s Well → city → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsus River → flowsThrough → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsus River → hasSettlementOnBank → Tarsus ⓘ

Tarsus River → hasNearbyAncientCity → Tarsus ⓘ

Antipater of Tarsus → birthPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Antipater of Tarsus → associatedWithCity → Tarsus ⓘ

Antipater of Tarsus → citizenship → Tarsus ⓘ

Mersin Province → hasDistrict → Tarsus ⓘ

Mersin Province → contains → Tarsus ⓘ

southern Anatolia → containsCity → Tarsus ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Anatolia

Saint Paul → placeOfBirth → Tarsus ⓘ

Cilician Gates → near → Tarsus ⓘ

Theodore of Tarsus → birthPlace → Tarsus ⓘ

Theodore of Tarsus → educatedAt → Tarsus ⓘ