DARMC location 7291

a Pleiades location resource

Creators: S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen, H.S. Sivan

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies

Last modified Feb 14, 2012 05:32 PM — History

1:1 million scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.

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Feature type:
unknown

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -0.688751, 42.274979999999999 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Unknown

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
DARMC A

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Data Source:

DARMC 7291

Initial Provenance:
DARMC OBJECTID: 7291

Details:

DARMC OBJECTID: 7291

René Voorburg says:

Sep 30, 2011 07:11 AM

This location for Forum Gallorum is not too likely.
According to IA, Forum Gallorum is 30 miles from Caesarea Augusta and 22 miles from Ebelinum. This site is much closer too Ebelinum and much further from Ceasarea Augusta. Further, according to Ravenna their are two stops between Forum Gallorum and Ebelinum (Pacca, Iulia). With this location that is very unlikely. Based on distances solely, the area of the current day Gurrea de Gállego offers a much more likely candidate.

Tom Elliott says:

Sep 30, 2011 01:34 PM

René: You're right to point out the discrepancy here. I think what we'd need to do in order to either downgrade the confidence associated with this location or to replace it with another one would be to have a look at what TIR Caesaraugusta 117-18 (cited on the parent place) has to say about the location and whether it addresses the issue of the figures recorded in the Antonine Itineraries. Do you by chance have ready access to a copy of Tabula Imperii Romani K-30, Madrid: Caesaraugusta, Clunia (Madrid: 1993)?

Tom Elliott says:

Sep 30, 2011 03:04 PM

I've just posted the following message to the Pleiades Community list:

Dear friends and colleagues:

René Voorburg has raised concerns over the Pleiades location for Forum Gallorum (http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246395/), given relevant evidence from the Antonine Itineraries. You can see his comment, and my initial response, at http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246395/darmc-location-7291 .

I'd be grateful if some member of the Pleiades user community, who has local access to TIR Caesaraugusta* can check pages 117-118 to see on what grounds it locates Forum Gallorum at Cerro de San Mitiel (Ayerbe) and whether it addresses the anomalous distance measures René noticed. Neither René nor I have immediate access to the volume.

Please provide your response by appending a comment to the above discussion thread. Many thanks!

* TIR Caesaraugusta = *Tabula Imperii Romani K-30, Madrid: Caesaraugusta, Clunia* (Madrid: 1993).

Best,
Tom