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Samos

Aerial View of Samak

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Drone Photo by Jefferson Williams 18 March 2023


Names
Transliterated Name Language Name
Samos Greek Σάμος
smm Phoenician 𐤔𐤌𐤌
Introduction
Introduction

Samos is a Greek island located just off the west coast of Turkey.

Aerial Views
Aerial Views

Aerial Views

  • Samos in Google Earth
    Samos
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Chronology
47 CE Earthquake (?)

This entry appears to be here by accident - mislocated by JW as the site for the report of an earthquake (Paul and Silas Quake) in Philippi, Macedonia in Acts 16.

Notes and Further Reading
References

Articles and Books

Berenger, A. (2005) "Les séismes dans la documentation épigraphique et numismatique sous le Haut-Empire : entre élaboration de la mémoire et reconstruction de l’événement." In R. Favier and A.-M. Granet-Abisset (eds.), Récits et représentations des catastrophes depuis l’Antiquité, Grenoble, CNRS, MSH-Alpes: 161–173