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Last Week in Pleiades (7-14 November 2022)

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Last week we published 9 new place resources. In addition, 48 existing place resources were updated.

New Place Resources

  • According to Pliny the Elder, Antipolis was a settlement opposite the site of Rome that later became the Ianiculum.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • During the second century CE, Dacia was subdivided into three provinces (Dacia Porolissensis, Dacia Apulensis, and Dacia Malvensis).
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Settlement on the right bank of the Don River inhabited from the Roman period and associated with the Maeotians.
    Creators: Gabriel Mckee
    Contributors:
  • Church dating to the 7th century CE in Nubia that was succeeded by St. Raphael Church II. The site is located in the modern Sudanese village of Banganarti.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
    Contributors:
  • Remains of a Roman villa with mosaic pavements located near the modern comune of Negrar di Valpolicella were first discovered in 1922.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Nuraghe Bardalazzu, a ruined nuragic site located near Dualchi, Sardinia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Nuraghe Ponte, Dualchi is located near the archaeological complex of Frenegarzu. The site consists of a single circular tower (diameter 13.25 m; height 11.80 m) built upon a foundation of large roughly-hewn polyhedral blocks that support the structure built of neatly squared ashlars.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An ancient sanctuary located near the village of San Casciano dei Bagni, located south of Siena, Italy, has produced, following archaeological excavation, a large cache of metallic votive offerings - coins, figurines, statue, anatomical votives - dating to the late republican and early imperial periods. These votives were recovered from waterlogged mud deposits associated with the thermal springs at the site that have been frequented since at least the first millennium BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A tell in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq located 13 km kilometers west of Nasiriyah and 25 km south of the ancient city of Larsa.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:

Modified Place Resources

  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 C2 Adramiton Chora
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: wikipedia
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Akme
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: von Wissmann 1957
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Antipolis (modern Antibes) was founded as a colony from Massilia in the fifth century BC and it emerged as a key trading center. In the late first century BC the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.
    Creators: S. Loseby; R. Häussler
    Contributors:
    Modifications: add RE ref.; update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 E4 Arasankuppam
    Creators: M.U. Erdosy
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Arsinoe/Taucheira (modern Tocra) may have originally been a Greek foundation that was part of Pentapolis of Cyrenaica. It eventually became a Roman colony and, by the time of Justinian, was fortified.
    Creators: D.J. Mattingly
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references; New connection: Pentapolis
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 B1 Barke
    Creators: D.J. Mattingly
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update wikipedia reference; update references; New connection: Pentapolis
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • Elephas herbarius (Elefantum herbarium), a place included in the Notitia, is mentioned only once and must lie at the southern limit of Regio VIII. Coarelli concludes that this place must have been located on the lower slopes of the Capitoline Hill facing the Forum Holitorium. Its coincidence with Late Antique and Medieval toponyms suggests that it refers to an ancient statue of an elephant, perhaps one shown eating plants, in the area of the Forum Holitorium.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
    Modifications: edit summary for clarity
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 28 A5 Fghaina
    Creators: M. Euzennat
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 B3 Galepsos
    Creators: E.N. Borza
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 F1/F4 Heniochoi
    Creators: David Braund; T. Sinclair
    Contributors:
    Modifications: Str. 17.3.24; Edited
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D4 Kaliour/Orthoura
    Creators: M.U. Erdosy
    Contributors:
    Modifications: EIA Uraiyar
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 A2 Kempten
    Creators: H. Bender
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update reference
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Kentos
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 H2 *Manatum
    Creators: R.W. Mathisen; H.S. Sivan
    Contributors:
    Modifications: Edited
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 E4 Mirobriga
    Creators: E.W. Haley
    Contributors:
    Modifications: add Pliny; add topostext
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B3 Mouza Emporion
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • The Olliculani number among the 53 peoples of Latium Vetus that Pliny the Elder records as having perished without leaving a trace (interiere sine vestigiis).
    Creators: N. Purcell
    Contributors:
    Modifications: add RE Olliculani; update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D3 Paithana
    Creators: M.U. Erdosy
    Contributors:
    Modifications: EIA
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • A pair of boiling lakes in Sicily, whose effervescence was attributed to the divine agency of the Palikoi.
    Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
    Contributors:
    Modifications: New location: OSM location of Mofeta dei Palici; Modified name: Menas Fons (update language, reference)
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 B2 Pheronia
    Creators: S.L. Dyson
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references; update
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 G4 Physkos
    Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
    Contributors:
    Modifications: New connection: Untitled
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 E3 Pitoura
    Creators: M.U. Erdosy
    Contributors:
    Modifications: EIA Dharanikota
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Pnoups
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient capital of Cyrenaica, Ptolemais was probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. The city was founded in either the seventh or sixth century BC.
    Creators: D.J. Mattingly
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references; New connection: Pentapolis
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Rathinai/Rathinoi
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    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:
    Modifications: Pliny NH ref.; update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 D3 Sala fl.
    Creators: P. Kos; M. Šašel Kos
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Sambracena/Sambrachate
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Saxinae/Xoxinae
    Creators: D.T. Potts
    Contributors:
    Modifications: von Wissmann 1957
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • A large, saline lake in Egypt on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula; the "Serbonian Bog" described by Herodotus.
    Creators: B. Isaac
    Contributors:
    Modifications: title; Edited; New location: OSM location of Lake Bardawil
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 A4 *Sosontigi
    Creators: P.O. Spann
    Contributors:
    Modifications: Modified name: Sosintigi (language, reference)
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • Mid-11th to mid-18th century church built on top of an older church that was an important pilgrimage site in Nubia. The church is located in the modern Sudanese village of Banganarti.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
    Contributors:
    Modifications: New connection: Lower Church at Banganarti
    Actors: Zachary Rosalinsky ; Tom Elliott
  • 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:
    Modifications: summary, references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 6 F5 Tamalites
    Creators: M.U. Erdosy
    Contributors:
    Modifications: EIA Tamluk
    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:
    Modifications: update; update references; added TM GEO ID 15608: Thamusida (Sidi Ali Ben Ahmed); update references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Tiran (Arabic: جزيرة تيران‎ Jazīrat Tīrān) is an island located in the Straits of Tiran, which separate the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aqaba.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
    Modifications: New location: OSM location of Tiran Island
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • Tralles/Dia/Seleuceia ad Maeandrum/Kaisareia was an ancient city founded by Argives and Trallians that then fell under the sway of the Persian Empire and, later, Hellenistic kings.
    Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
    Contributors:
    Modifications: New connection: Untitled
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker ; Tom Elliott
  • unnamed aqueduct group (Antipolis)
    Creators: S. Loseby; R. Häussler
    Contributors:
    Modifications: update; update reference
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Unnamed route or road
    Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
    Contributors:
    Modifications: references
    Actors: Jeffrey Becker