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Last Week in Pleiades (24-31 July 2023)

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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 11 new place resources and approved updates to 194 existing place resources.

New Place Resources

  • A Roman amphitheater located at Agbia in what is now Tunisia (Henchir Ain Hedja).
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • Alonianum was a place in Africa that is included on the Peutinger map. It is likely a road station positioned along the way from Thelepte to Tacapae via the palus Tritonis.
    Creators: Richard Talbert
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
  • Now unlocated, Altessera was likely a road station in North Africa. Based on its inclusion on the Peutinger map, it lies along the route from Althiburos to Assuras.
    Creators: Richard Talbert
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An aqueduct at Rome that is mentioned only in the Notitia for Regio VIII.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Excavated in the nineteenth century and only recently re-assessed, this cemetery is located east of Vulci itself, across the modern river Fiora from the ancient acropolis. The cemetery was in active use from the Villanovan period through Hellenistic times.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
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  • A Roman cemetery was excavated in the late 20th century at modern Costedt in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
    Creators: Tom Elliott
    Contributors:
  • An unlocated place in ancient Numidia, Flavia marci was situated some 47 Roman miles from Theveste along the road leading to Cirta.
    Creators: Richard Talbert
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
  • A Roman amphitheater located at Thaenea, a Roman station in the province of Africa Proconsularis.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Now unlocated, Thasarte was a place in Africa Proconsularis that is included on the Peutinger map.
    Creators: Richard Talbert
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • The Theater of Nero located in the Vaticanus Ager is relatively little known and receives little attention in the ancient sources. Archaeological discoveries announced in the summer of 2023 seem to point to remains of the theater preserved beneath the courtyard of the Palazzo della Rovere located between the Borgo Santo Spirito and the Via della Conciliazione. The first-century CE theater seems to have been dismantled by the second-century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A settlement in Byzacena that is now unlocated. Based on its inclusion in the Peutinger map, this place is located along the road leading from Capsa to Tacape.
    Creators: Richard Talbert
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Modified Place Resources