Prinassos
unlocated ancient city of Rhodian Peraea, in Caria
Prinassos (Ancient Greek: Πρινασσός) was a Rhodian fortified city in Caria, it belonged to the Rhodian Peraia. Today is unlocated.
Philip V of Macedon besieged the city at 201 BC and at the end the citizens of Prinassos decided to surrender.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Prinassos” is unlocated ancient city of Rhodian Peraea, in Caria. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Prinassos, unlocated and ancient, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “unlocated ancient city of Rhodian Peraea, in Caria” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q114231562. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Prinassos”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Prinassos primary sources, Prinassos archive and Prinassos research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Prinassos”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Prinassos” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.