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Location

  • Lebanon, Nîha
  • geo:33.893417,35.963058
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • 1xx / unknown

Classification

  • vicus
  • Visible

Nihata (Modern Niha)

data access 27654

Nihata: site in the Bekaa valley with two Roman temples, modern Niha. There are two more at the ancient village (vicus) Mifsa (today Hosn Niha), three miles up the hill The name Nihata is Syriac and means "tranquil". Livius gives a good overview1.

References

  1. ↑ Livus (2013). Nihata (Niha)

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Brian Prescott-Decie (2016-06-19) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-13), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/27654
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Prescott-Decie, B. and Lendering, J., Nihata (Modern Niha). https://vici.org/vici/27654, accessed 2026-05-20.