Mursa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 10, 2024 02:21 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Mursa was an ancient city on the Drava River and the site of a colonia Aelia Mursa, likely founded by Hadrian in AD 133. Traces of Neolithic and Iron Age cultures have also been discovered at the site.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197389

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
45.560018, 18.675749

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 13832 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Mursa (30 BC - AD 640)
- Mvrsa maior (Mursa maior: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Osijek (modern)

Mursa makes connections with:

Mursa connection Dravus (river) (unspecified date range)

Mursa receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

RFO 10770

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 20 F4 Mursa

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Osijek CRO

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Suggested citation:
M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Mursa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197389> [accessed: 29 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197389 |title=Places: 197389 (Mursa) |author=Šašel Kos, M., P. Kos |accessdate=March 29, 2025 10:25 am |publisher=Pleiades}}