Drepanum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 21, 2019 10:32 AM
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History
Drepanum, the modern Trapani, Sicily, is an ancient port city. The archaeological remains of the ancient city are meager. During the First Punic War, Hamilcar fortified the site. The Roman Republic lost a naval engagement near Drepanum in 249 B.C. but then prevailed in the battle of the Egadi islands in 241 B.C. The city was likely of censorial status thereafter.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462187
38.017128, 12.51782
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18408 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Drepanum connection Elymi (unspecified date range)
- Drepanum connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, port
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 A2 Drepanum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Trapani
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Drepanum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462187> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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