Sergiopolis
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Sergiopolis; Reṣafa; Rusafa; رُصافة الشام; ܪܨܦܐ
A town southwest of Kallinikos.
The city of Rusafa in the Syrian desert became known as Sergiopolis in Late Antiquity because of the martyr Sergius. Joh. Eph., EH 6.4 refers to it under its former name Rusafa.
location: 35.616667 38.75
event: 1224/1228, Attestation of name رُصافة الشام in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: -0800 – 1092
GEDSH Map 2 omits dot under the s in the name "Resafa."
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/165
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/places/165
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668354
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resafa
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Resafa
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=R&sK=Rusafa&sT=keywords
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage Map I B2, II B2
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Rusafa
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III:54
1360-1361
285 3.6.4