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Onomasticon

Peri ton topikon onomaton

Written before about 325, probably in Caesarea Maritima (now Caesarea, Israel). The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

An alphabetical list of the places named in the Bible, with where each one is and what it was called in his day.

Reference · first written in Greek

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How we know the date and place
Date written not sure
No agreement: traditionally before 324; Taylor 313-325; begun perhaps about 290, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomasticon_(Eusebius)
Place written probable
Eusebius was bishop of Caesarea and worked from its library; no source names another place