Last Week in Pleiades (11-18 December 2023)
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Last week the editorial college published 9 new and 119 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Denitsa Dzhigova, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith.
A terrain map with 119 orange "plus sign" markers indicating updates and o pink circles indicating new place resources from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula in the northwest to modern Sudan and Iran in the south and east.
New Place Resources
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Avatha (al-Bakhra') is the site of a Late Roman and early Islamic fort that is located south of Palmyra. The fort was originally a Tetrarchic establishment that housed an auxiliary cavalry unit. The fort was modified and expanded during the Umayyad period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
Cissbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort located north of Worthing in West Sussex, England, and is the second largest hillfort in England. The hillfort, surrounded by earthworks, covers about 24 ha. It was likely abandoned by 50 CE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
Deir Qeruh is a Byzantine-period village located in the Golan Heights within the Israeli national park of the Gamla nature reserve. The village was founded in the fourth century CE, and a church and monastery followed in the sixth century. The village was abandoned following the Arab conquest.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
Jebel Moya is an archaeological site located in the southern part of the Gezira Plain in Sudan. The 25-acre site was the locus of the largest-known pastoralist necropolis in Africa, with more than 3,000 burials dating between 5000 BCE and 500 CE. Sir Henry Wellcome first excavated the site from 1911 to 1914.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
The beginnings of the early Christian monastery of Saint Elian at Al-Qaryatayn, Syria, are linked with the saint Julian of Emesa. The Medieval iteration of the monastery was badly damaged - or perhaps nearly destroyed - by Islamic State terrorists in 2015.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
The odeion, sometimes also described as a theater, at Canatha is situated on the slopes of the Wadi Qanawat. The structure is dated perhaps to the third century CE and likely had a cult-related function.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
Poggio Evangelista is a hill located near Latera in the province of Viterbo, Italy. On the highest part of the hill, Bronze Age pottery evidence provides evidence for a naturally defended settlement.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
A tetrastyle temple in the Corinthian order sacred to Zeus Megistos was built at Canatha by the first century CE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
The so-called "Tholos" located on the west side of the Athenian Agora was a circular civic building that took the place of archaic-period buildings associated with the Peisistratid tyrants. The Classical tholos served as a civic dining hall for the prytany council.
Creators: Denitsa Dzhigova; Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modified Place Resources
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A monopteral nuraghe located near Quartu Sant'Elena.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Accu Sa Pira Nuraghe (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Ad Medias
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Late Bronze age nuragic complex composed of a central tower, a quadrilobate bastion, and a village.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: wikidata nuraghe Adoni (Q16583231); modified OSM location of Villanova Tulo, Complesso di Adoni (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 28 C5 Ain Kerma
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 F3 Amynanda
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A pre-nuragic necropolis discovered in 1903.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Necropoli di Anghelu Ruju (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A bridge located north of Usel(l)is in western Sardinia
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A site of settlement connected to thermal springs, according to Ptolemy.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified location "OSM location: Antiche Terme di Sardara" (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An early cult center connected with Herakles located in Rome's Forum Boarium.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A commemorative arch located in the Velabrum dedicated to the Severan emperors in AD 204 by the local association of money-changers (argentarii) and merchants (negotiantes). It was later incorporated into the church of S. Giorgio al Velabro.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Arcus Argentariorum (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B4 Armenta fl.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Fiora (river) (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 B2 Arrepiado
Creators: F.H. Stanley; Jr.; R.C. Knapp
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A3 Assemini
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: vici.org 7182: Assemini; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 B2 Augustae
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 32 unlocated Banoresnis Fundus
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A basilica located at the juncture of the Sacra Via and the Argiletum flanking the Forum Romanum that was initially built in 179 B.C.E.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Basilica Constantini, also referred to as Basilica Nova ("New Basilica"), Basilica of Maxentius or Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, is a colossal fourth-century basilica located along the Sacra Via in Rome. It is considered the largest ancient structure in the valley of the Forum Romanum and is typically deemed the final Roman civic basilica built in the ancient city.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The basilica of Santa Balbina is a paleo-Christian basilica in Rome, located on the "little Aventine".
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: wikidata Q2354657: Santa Balbina
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A palaeo-Christian church dedicated to St. Pudentiana located in Rome and, perhaps, the earliest site of Christian worship in the city. The church is located along the Via Urbana, which follows the course of the ancient vicus Patricius.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add wikidata
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Bedriacum was an ancient town of Cisalpine Gaul located between Verona and Cremona that was the site of two battles during the 'Year of the Four Emperors' (A.D. 69).
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add TP reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A monumental sanctuary (26 x 20 m) dedicated to Iuppiter.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Tempio di Giove, Bidonì (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman-style courtyard villa located 9 miles northeast of Noviomagus Regentium (modern Chichester).
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified OSM location of Bignor Roman Villa (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Buduntini, the only freshwater lake in Sardinia.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified location of Lago Baratz (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 B3 *Calanta
Creators: F.H. Stanley; Jr.; R.C. Knapp
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Hellenistic-Roman city of Cantha, now Qanawat in Syria, is located in the Hauran region. While it likely has earlier phases, perhaps as the Kenath of the Hebrew Bible, it is first mentioned during the reign of Herod the Great. Septimius Severus bestowed colonial status upon the city.
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; summary; edited; created name "Chanata"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A Roman-era road station located at modern Buddusò on the island of Sardinia, presumably associated with the source of the Thyrsos river.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 D3 Car(t)a
Creators: H.S. Sivan; R.W. Mathisen; S.J. Keay
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A settlement of the Castro Culture covering > 4 hectares near Santai in Spain.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Castro de Santaia (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Second Cataract (or Great Cataract) was located in Nubia. It is now submerged under Lake Nasser.
Creators: S.M. Burstein
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; D. Borough; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Nile Semna Cataract (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 B2 *Celesitani
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: add RE Celesitani; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Clastidium was an ancient town in Cisalpine Gaul where Marcus Claudius Marcellus won the spolia opima in 222 B.C.
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A street that ascended from the depression between the Palatine and the Caelian hills.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Clivo di Scauro (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Col. Camulodunum (Colchester) was the pre-Roman capital of the Trinovantes; it received a Roman city after the annexation of Britannia.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; David Mimno; Scott Vanderbilt; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: add Arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A place included the Regionary Catalogues for Rome's Regio XIV, Coriaria Septimiana refers to tanneries in the Transtiberim. On the basis of epigraphic evidence, the place listed in the Notitia is associated with a small tanning facility on the site of the paleochristian church of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: add wikidata
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The modern archipelago of Maddalena off northern Sardinia is comprised of seven main islands and numerous other small islets.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Perry Scalfano; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The remains of a stone, arched Roman bridge at Decimomannu, to the west of Assemini, Sardinia. Three of the original six arches survive today. The bridge may originally have been as much as 160 meters in length. R.J. Rowland considered it to be of Iulio-Claudian date.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Belonging to Vulci's Roman phase, the Decumanus Maximus is the well-preserved east-west road of the city paved in basalt.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Decumanus maximus (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 E4 *Emadaucapensis?
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 C5 Ercavica
Creators: H.S. Sivan; R.W. Mathisen; S.J. Keay
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Erucium
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Rome's so-called "cattle market", the Forum Boarium is a key area of commercial and ritual activity on the east bank of the river Tiber. It is flanked by the Capitoline, Palatine, and Aventine hills.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The forum of the ancient town, dating to the Roman period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of forum (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The ancient Roman forum.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Imperial forum constructed at Rome under Trajan between 105-112 CE.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 D3 Fossa Neronis
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E3 Fossa Neronis
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: reference; update references; created connection "Volturnum"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An estate located near Interamna Lirenas.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A3 Fundus Moddol(...)
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement located south of modern Kivari in the Peloponnese.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; summary; added Wikipedia and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; cleaned up references; added RE reference; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith -
A "Giant's tomb" of the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Tomba di giganti di Is Concias (Sa Domu 'e s'Orcu) (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 68 E5 Heliaramia
Creators: J.P. Brown; P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Qasr al Hayr al Gharbi; modified name "Heliaramia" (Baseline created, add TP reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 40 A2 Hostilia
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi; R. Peretto
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A quadrifrons triumphal arch at Rome that is located at a crossroads in the area of the Velabrum and the Forum Boarium. It dates to the early fourth century AD; its construction employed spolia and it likely honored either Constantine I or Constantius II.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Kaidros (modern Cedrino or Tzedrinu in Sardinian) is a river of the province of Nuoro, in eastern-central Sardinia. Its ancient name, attested in Ptolemy, may derive from the presence of cedar trees in its river basin.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: wikidata; summary; modified OSM location of Cedrino (ctype to modern assoc., Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 H4 Kermen-Kyr
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 unlocated Kermoros
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G3 Kokkynos Pr.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Capo Sant'Alessio (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Lacus Iuturnae was a pool built near a spring sacred to Iuturna. Legend held that the Dioscuri watered their horses there after the Battle of Lake Regillus in 495 BC.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A shrine in the Forum Romanum adjacent to the Republican comitium, recognizable by the distinctive black paving stones that covered it in the later republican period. The shrine has been associated, in tradition, with the tomb of Romulus and/or of Faustulus. Giacomo Boni excavated the site between 1899 and 1905.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Lapis Niger (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement and harbor on the southwest coast of the island of Crete at Ag. Kyrkos.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Geonames reference provided by cbouras; corrected CFL/AGO link
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 15 A2 Luteva/*Forum Neronis
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The emperor Nero built the great market hall on the Caelian Hill and dedicated it in the year 59. The market hall is known from numismatic imagery and some of its archaeological remains have been documented on the Caelian Hill.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Mausoleum of the Atilii is a Roman mausoleum dating from the second or third centuries A.D. The ruins are located in the municipal territory of Sádaba, Aragon, eastern Spain.
Creators: H.S. Sivan; R.W. Mathisen; S.J. Keay
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A monument built in Ravenna, Italy, ca. AD 520 by Theodoric the Great as his future tomb. After Belisarius reconquered Ravenna in 540, the tomb was converted into the church of Sta. Maria della Rotonda.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Contributors: Noah Kaye
Modifications: arachne, wikidata; update reference; created OSM location of Mausoleum of Theodoric
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
The "tied island" known today as Monemvasia, located along the southeast coast of the Peloponnese. Pausanias referred to it as "Akra Minoa".
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: place type; summary; added Wikidata reference; added associated modern name and osm location, which supersedes currently published location.; cleaned up references; title; added CFL/AGO and GeoNames references provided by cbouras; created location "OSM Location: modern Μονεμβασιά coastline"; created name "Monemvasia"
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A mithraeum was discovered at Vulci in 1975 during excavations of a Roman aristocratic house. The shrine was well preserved with two tauroctony scenes dating to the third century. The site was destroyed in the fourth century A.D.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Mithraeum (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A locality near Cabras, Sardinia, where, in 1974, the cache of monumental prehistoric stone sculptures known as the "Giants of Mont'e Prama" was discovered.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan Horne; Tom Elliott
Modifications: reference; edited; add wikidata; update references; modified OSM location of Sito archeologico di Mont'e Prama (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Munda, in southern Iberia, was the site of two important battles in antiquity. The first was Cn. Cornelius Scipio's defeated of the Carthaginians in 214 B.C. and the second Iulius Caesar's victory over the Pompeians in 45 B.C.
Creators: F.H. Stanley; Jr.; R.C. Knapp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 68 D5 Nazala
Creators: J.P. Brown; P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 F4 Nemara
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; created OSM location of Namara
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
New Kalabsha is a promontory located near Aswan. It currently is the site of several ancient temples relocated to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of New Kalabsha Island (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Numicus flumen was a river of Latium connected with the legendary history of Aeneas. Modern Fosso di Pratica in Italy.
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Fosso di Pratica (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A nuraghe near Abbasanta, Sardinia. The original phase of the site dates to the fifteenth through thirteenth centuries B.C., while the enclosure wall dates to the thirteenth and twelfth centuries B.C. The site saw diminished activity in the Iron Age; the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. show evidence for funerary activity.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: wikidata Nuraghe Losa (Q622890)Nuraghe Losa (Q622890)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The site of Per-Ptah, meaning "House of Ptah", lies some 90 km south of Aswan and received a temple dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II. Some of the architectural and sculptural remains of the temple were dismantled and relocated to the site of New Kalabsha in the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Creators: S.M. Burstein
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; D. Borough; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add arachne; modified OSM location of Gerf Hussein (relocated) (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient island located just above the First cataract of the Nile River that was flooded by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The island was home to a multi-period temple complex, which was moved to the nearby island of Agilkia and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1970s.
Creators: J. Keenan; S.E. Sidebotham; T. Wilfong
Contributors: Adam Prins; Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Roko Rumora; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Herbert Verreth; Jen Thum; Mark Depauw; R. Talbert
Modifications: add TGN reference; edit summary; modified location "View of the Relocated Philae temple" (edit summary); created OSM location of Philae Temple
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 B1 Phintonis Ins.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM Location of Caprera (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance, ctype)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient bridge over the Fiora river (the ancient Armenta) near Vulci. Ancient name unknown.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM Location of the Ponte dell'Abbadia (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Ponte Rotto necropolis is associated with the Etruscan city of Vulci.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Ponte Rotto necropolis (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome (ca. 271-275 CE) by means of which the Via Salaria exited the city, heading northward. The date was damaged during the bombardment of Rome in 1870 and was subsequently replaced (1873). The replacement gate was demolished in 1921. The site of the Porta Salaria is today occupied by Piazza Fiume.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 G1 Portus Blendium
Creators: E.W. Haley
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Portus Blendium" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 82 A2 Prummu?/Primii?
Creators: N.B. Millet
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 F3 Qasr el-Abyad
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Qasr el-Abyad
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A city of northern Adriatic Italy that served as the capital of the Western Roman Empire from A.D. 402 until 476.
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi; R. Peretto
Contributors: Jonathan Weiland; Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cuntz, miller, arachne; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 unlocated Rhose
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Rhose" (add TP reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 B3 *Rubrenses
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Sacra Via (Sacred Way) is one of Rome's oldest urban streets and its main sacred route, extending from the top of the Velia (summa Sacra Via) to the Forum Romanum.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Sacra Via (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A church dedicated to St. George located in Rome's Velabrum. Legend connects the church's location with the spot where the Roman she wolf found the abandoned twins, Romulus and Remus.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: modified OSM location of San Giorgio in Velabro (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A church in Trastevere with origins in the fifth century CE. Pope Urban I likely founded the first church on the same site in the third century CE. Its venerated saint is a Christian martyr of the third century CE. Pope Paschal I rebuilt the church in 822 CE, and moved the relics of St Cecilia to the site from the Catacombs of San Callisto on the Via Appia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add wikidata
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A fourth century AD structure along the Via Nomentana that was built by Constantine I as a mausoleum, originally housing the remains of his daughters Constantina and Helena. It was dedicated as a Christian church in the Middle Ages.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Mausoleo di Costanza (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Roman sanctuary of Santalla de Bóveda dates to the second through fourth centuries A.D. It is located in the parish of Santalla de Bóveda de Meralocated near Lugo. Discovered in 1926, the site is a protected national monument.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited; update references; modified OSM location of Roman sanctuary of Santalla de Bóveda (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A fifth-century A.D. Christian church built in the Forum Romanum at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add arachne; wikidata; modified OSM location of Santa Maria Antiqua (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A minor basilica church in Rome, Italy. Tradition holds that the church was founded in the sixth century to serve the Greek community at Rome. The beginnings of the present edifice lie in the eighth century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Galician oppidum located located on the mountain of Santa Tecla in the extreme southwest of Galicia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan Horne
Modifications: add wikidata; update references; modified OSM location of Castro de Santa Trega (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An archaeological area in Sicily, near Acireale, possibly related to the ancient settlement of Acium.
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Santi Quattro Coronati is an early Christian basilica on Rome's Caelian Hill begun by Pope Miltiades in the fourth century A.D.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: modified OSM location of Basilica dei Ss. Quattro Coronati (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A nuragic site near Serri, Sardinia, with a later phase of Christian re-use.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Santuario nuragico di Santa Vittoria (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 G4 Sard-Kerman
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 H3 S. Cruz
Creators: E.W. Haley
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add wikidata; modified OSM location of Villa Romana de Santa Cruz (update title, summary, Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Sacrum Cloacina was a small shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, patron divinity of the sewer, and was located near the Tabernae novae in the Forum Romanum. The foundation of the sacellum is extant while images of its likely elevation are found on Roman coins.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Ryan Horne
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Sacello di Venere Cloacina (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A major urban sanctuary at Vulci with a long period of use, stretching from the archaic period into the Roman period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Tempio Grande (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A large classical-style Roman temple built shortly after the conquest of Britannia in A.D. 43 by the emperor Claudius. Its remains lie beneath Colchester Castle.
Creators: Scott Vanderbilt
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient Egyptian temple that was dedicated to Dedwen, the Nubian serpent goddess. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, as part of "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". It was relocated to its current location.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Gabriel Mckee
Modifications: modified OSM location of Temple of Dedwen (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A temple dedicated to the emperor Claudius who was declared divus (deified) after his death in 54 CE. The platform temple occupied a large area of the Caelian Hill in Rome. The construction project was ultimately completed by the Flavians.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: nash, steinby; add arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient Phoenician settlement located in western Sardinia on a promontory in the Gulf of Oristano, just south of modern San Giovanni di Sinis. While it originates as a Punic or Carthaginian settlement ca. 700 BCE, it continued as a major town in Roman times.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edit arachne reference; modified OSM Location of modern Area archeologica di Tharros (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 75 D2 Theadelpheia
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Contributors: Adam Prins; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Herbert Verreth; Jen Thum; Mark Depauw; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Batn el-Harit" (edited, Explained modern site's place in Egyptology, Cited an example of Roman Army scholarship, Formatting, specified modern country, Added biblio details for Bishop and Coulston 2006, Added Kimmig on the shield from this site, Added name in Grenfell et al. 1900 (just Harit) and Kimmig 1940, Mentioned cemetery, translated Qasr el-Banat, Added Grenfell et al.'s account of their excavations at Harit)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
The tomb of the boy poet Quintus Sulpicius Maximus on the Via Salaria in Rome. He died in 94 CE, aged just 11 years.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: Nelson 1903; nash 1968; update arachne; created connection "Roma"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An early Hellenistic painted tomb at Vulci.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: modified OSM location of Tomb of the Dolphin (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 81 C2 Tutzis
Creators: S.M. Burstein
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; D. Borough; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: references; cleanup references, add zotero links
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 F2 Vallis Alba
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Vallis Albana
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An obelisk from Heliopolis in Egypt that the emperor Caius erected in the Circus Gaii et Neronis. It now stands in St. Peter's square in Vatican City, having been re-erected there by Domenico Fontana in 1586.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Velabrum is a valley in Rome that connects the Forum Romanum to the Forum Boarium.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Via Cornelia was an ancient road that ran along the north side of the circus Gai et Neronis. The road diverged from the Via Triumphalis west of the pons Neronianus, near a large tomb known as the Meta Romuli.
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; L. Quilici and S. Quilici Gigli; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman road (via publica) of northern Italy begun in 148 B.C. by Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus.
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient street that led from the Forum Romanum to the porta Carmentalis, passing between the basilica Iulia and the temple of the Castors.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Villa Neronis was a rural villa of the emperor Nero, likely built early in his reign (perhaps before AD 60).
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A3 Villaspeciosa
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Area Archeologica di San Cromazio (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A fort south of Hadrian's Wall and findspot of the Vindolanda Tablets. The earliest phases of Roman occupation date ca. 80 CE. Much of the fort was rebuilt ca. 300 CE.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Scott Vanderbilt; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner; jfu
Modifications: update references; update references; add Greene and Birley 2024
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 32 unlocated Volusianus Fundus
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Site of an Early Iron Age settlement on the western coast of the island of Andros (ninth-eighth centuries B.C.).
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Andrew Cabaniss; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott