Hiera (Hephaistou) (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 13, 2024 09:52 PM
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History
One of the Aeolian Islands utilized in antiquity mostly for its natural resources. Ancient Romans exploited resources including wood, alum, and sulfur.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462242
38.4042, 14.9658
- Representative Locations:
- location of Hiera (Hephaistou) Ins. (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Hiera (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Hiera Hephaistou (550 BC - AD 300)
- Hieronesos (30 BC - AD 300)
- Therasia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vulcania (unspecified date range)
- Vulcano (Italian, modern)
- Hiera (Hephaistou) (island) connection Aeoliae (islands) (unspecified date range)
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island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F2 Hiera (Hephaistou) Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Vulcano
R.J.A. Wilson, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Hiera (Hephaistou) (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462242> [accessed: 13 April 2025]
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