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Assos

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ἄσσος Assos Greek

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Mitylene Mitylene Assos Assos 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 2 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH MITYLENE, named in the same passages

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Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Assos.

Ruins at Assos.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Mitylene ABOUT 29 MI (46 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 730 MI (1,200 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

1 PASSAGE

COORDINATES 39.4906, 26.3367

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