Herculaneum
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Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Mar 07, 2025 09:47 PM
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History
tags:
extant remains,
UWHS
An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432873
40.8054053939, 14.3473828114
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Herculaneum (330 BC - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ercolano (Italian, modern)
- Ἡράκλειον (Herakleion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Herculaneum (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Herculaneum (English, modern)
- None
- Aqua Augusta (Naples) flows into Herculaneum (30 BC - AD 300)
- Augusteum, so-called Basilica at Herculaneum located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Basilica Noniana located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Casa del Rilievo di Telefo located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Central Baths located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- College of the Augustales located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of Argus located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of Aristides located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of the Gem located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of the Hotel located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of the Skeleton located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- House of the Wooden Shrine located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater of Herculaneum located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Samnite House located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- South-Western Baths located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)
- Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus located at Herculaneum (30 BC - AD 300)
- Villa of the Papyri located near Herculaneum (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Ancient Graffiti Project
- BAtlas 44 F4 Herculaneum
- EDH G011846: Herculaneum – Ercolano
- Ercolano e i suoi Scavi Archeologici
- GAL Pompei 260-306
- Guzzo 2003
- Maiuri, A. 1945. Herculaneum. Rome: Istituto poligrafico dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato.
- New Pauly Herculaneum (U. Pappalardo)
- PECS (Perseus) HERCULANEUM (Ercolano, formerly Resina) Italy
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) HERCULANEUM
- ToposText Herculaneum (Campania)
- WHL 829: Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- Wallace-Hadrill 1994
- Wallace-Hadrill 2011
- Wallace-Hadrill 2011
- Wikipedia (English) Herculaneum
- Wikipedia (Italian) Scavi archeologici di Ercolano
- de Kind 1998
- Related:
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- Arachne Herculaneum Neapel (Metropolitanstadt) (Herculaneum), Italien
- DARMC 18033
- GeoNames 3177364: Herculaneum
- Herculaneum in Pictures
- Pompeii Sites Ercolano
- TGN 7031897: Herculaneum
- TM GEO ID 3365: Herculaneum (Ercolano)
- Wikidata Herculaneum (Q178813)
- Wikipedia (Italian) Teatro romano di Ercolano
- iDAI.gazetteer 2089789: Ercolano
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F4 Herculaneum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Resina
N. Purcell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, jfu, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Herculaneum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432873> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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