Last Week in Pleiades (14-21 November 2022)
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Last week we published 9 new place resources. In addition, 47 existing place resources were updated.
New Place Resources
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Late antique mud-brick church located at Ain el-Sabil in Egypt. The exact dating of the site is still unknown.
Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
Contributors: -
An Etruscan necropolis located on a tufaceous plateau overlooking the valley of the Fosso della Lenta. The tombs in the necropolis date between the seventh and fifth centuries BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott -
Mokha, a port city on the Red Sea, is a key trading center that reaches its peak in the seventeenth century. It succeeds the ancient Mouza Emporion.
Creators: Dhruvan Nair
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker -
A nuraghe that is located atop a trachytic rock at a bend in the Rio d'Aridda, a river that has carved a deep valley.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
A nuraghe located near Tottubella in the territory of Sassari.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
An extensive urban archaeological area (more than 26,000 square meters) in Cartagena with archaeological horizons stretching from the third century BCE to the twentieth century CE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
Ruins of Roman baths at Royat, France, that were listed as a registered monument in 1889.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott -
The sacred well of Predio Canopoli is a monument of the nuragic culture located in Perfugas, Sassari province, in front of the present parish church of Santa Maria degli Angeli. The well is built of isodomic blocks of limestone
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
The ruins of a Roman villa rustica located near modern Giardino di Roma, just north of Via Cristoforo Colombo southwest of Rome.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modified Place Resources
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An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 B2 Ailleux
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2533/pleiades/search/Carte%20arch%C3%A9ologique%20de%20la%20Gaule%2042%20La%20Loire/titleCreatorYear/items/NECN9326/item-list
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient city of the Troad, founded as Antigoneia by Antigonos Monophthalmos. Lysimachos renamed the city Alexandria after 301 BCE. The city became part of the kingdom of Pergamon and, later, the Roman empire.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Phoebe Acheson; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Caelian Hill in Rome.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Column of Trajan (or Trajan's Column) is a victory column that was erected in the Forum of Trajan at Rome ca. 113 in order to commemorate Trajan's victories in the Dacian Wars. The column is particularly noted for its helical historiated bas relief frieze decoration.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 D2 Combeplaine
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: CAG 42
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 C2 Crêt-Châtelard
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Cures (also Cures Sabini) was a Sabine city located in the Tiber river valley along the Via Salaria. The Romans conquered Cures in 290 B.C. under M'. Curius Dentatus and granted it status as a municipium in the tribus Sergia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Cures" (Latin)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 B1 Drepanon Pr.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added topostext, wikidata; edited; update Paus. ref.
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A fortified gateway protecting the mouth of the Piraeus harbor.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update Thuc. (Jones: Perseus)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A fortified promontory located on the western side of the main port of Piraeus.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added bkiesling as contributor
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The temple of the goddess Gula (as Ninisinna) at Isin. The Sumerian ceremonial name Egalmah means "Exalted Palace."
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Modifications: edited; corrected info (Larsa --> Isin)
Actors: Jamie Novotny; Tom Elliott -
One of the integral forts spaced along the wall
Creators: E.J. Keall; M. Roaf
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 C2 Goincet
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: CAG 42
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 F4 Laestrygonii Campi
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Sicilia (island)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Lagash was an important Sumerian city of the late third millennium B.C.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: Hammer et al. 2022
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Laurentum was an ancient city of Latium located some 16 miles from Rome, between Ostia and Lavinium. Its precise location can no longer be determined. In Rome's legendary history Laurentum is the site of king Latinus' dwelling.
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Salvage excavations during the 1970s in modern Le Candéou, a neighborhood of Peymeinade (France), identified multiple Roman-era structures that have been interpreted as agricultural in nature, including facilities for processing olive oil.
Creators: R. Häussler; S. Loseby
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; removed erroneous CIL entry evidently originally sourced from Perseus PECS wherein there must be an OCR error (there is no volume XXI of CIL); cleaned up references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Roman London was established ca. A.D. 43.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: Barker 2021
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F4 no. 117 (Montcaret)
Creators: H.S. Sivan; R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Originally a Phoenician colony founded ca. 1100 B.C., Lepcis Magna became a prominent Roman city and birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; jfu
Modifications: Mugnai 2021
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Opone, mentioned in the first-century A.D. Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, was a trading center located in the Horn of Africa, likely in the area of present day Hafun, Somalia.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "emporion Opone"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient harbor town located on the northwest coast of Crete.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created OSM location of Phalasarna
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 D4 Podalia
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman arched bridge on the Via Flaminia near modern Terni.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A major Greco-Roman center of south Italy, Poseidonia/Paestum was originally founded by Greeks from Sybaris in the seventh century BC, who named the settlement Poseidonia. After the Pyrrhic war, the city became a Latin colony named Paestum ca. 273 BC.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Alex Biad; Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; John Muccigrosso; Keri Lynne Porter; Noura Alavi; Robert B Camp; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Levi Noble; R. Talbert
Modifications: Str. 6.1.1 added
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 88 A2 Rhodopolis
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: Japaridze 1989
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Sala (modern Chellah, Morocco) was the site of Phoenician and Carthaginian settlement before receiving a Roman colony, Sala Colonia.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; David Mimno; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified name "Sala" (add reference, language, Latin name)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Sambracena/Sambrachate
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Sambrachate" (name, language = Latin, reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
The Sele river.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: TM GEO ID 45345: Silarus (Sele); Str. 6.1.1
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An Etruscan port city at the mouth of the Po river on the Adriatic Sea, most likely founded at the end of the sixth century B.C.
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi; R. Peretto
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Kay, Pomar, and Hay 2021
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman villa site located at Stanwick, Northamptonshire, that was excavated between 1984 and 1992.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Scott Vanderbilt; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: edited; summary, references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The river Sububus is the modern Sebou River in Morocco. It flows from the Middle Atlas mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified name "Sububus" (Latin name, language, reference); created connection "Atlanticus Oceanus"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A sanctuary at the mouth of the Sele river in Italy with an octastyle temple dedicated to the Argive Hera.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Zuchtriegel 2020
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman city located in the province of Mauretania Tingitana, along the road from Tingi to Sala. The city is mentioned by Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Geographer of Ravenna.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created OSM location of Thamusida
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Rodumna → N
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: CAG 42
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Rodumna → WNW
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: CAG 42
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Forum Segusiavorum → *Biliomagus → Map 14
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Forum Segusiavorum → Rodumna
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker