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14 November 2025

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Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

2 new and 77 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

d2f0fdd5 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
44259132 - updated gis package
fa563b99 - updated data quality
c35dac10 - updated bibliography
e716b3a3 - updated indexes
e8d1477b - updated sidebar

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

65c03085 - updated geojson and names index

4. pleiades_wikidata: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi:

69c7c00e - updated pleiades wikidata

12 November 2025

Export Updates 2025-11-12:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

9 new and 65 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

9898cac0 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
a3d7b791 - updated gis package
7eca2ef2 - updated data quality
807d8778 - updated bibliography
16331537 - updated indexes
b7c16e09 - updated sidebar

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

adbab332 - updated geojson and names index

4. pleiades_wikidata: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi:

9a86eced - updated pleiades wikidata

11 November 2025

The following work has been added to the quick-lookup tool that Pleiades contributors use when creating references in the gazetteer. The work has been cataloged in the project Zotero library since 2024: Curtius (Müller: PHI)

Quintus Curtius Rufus. Historiae Alexandri Magni. Edited by Konrad Müller. PHI CD ROM #5.3. Packard Humanities Institute, 1991. latin.packhum.org/loc/860/1/0#.

11 November 2025

Export Updates 2025-11-11:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

24 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

69115cf1 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
63c1a42f - updated gis package
1555feea - updated data quality
6e70953b - updated bibliography
280a54e2 - updated indexes
7a2cbc91 - updated sidebar

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

f7d5a8cb - updated geojson and names index

4. pleiades_wikidata: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi:

373f55d9 - updated pleiades wikidata

10 November 2025

Last week in the (3-10 November 2025), the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 634 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Ilaria Cristofaro, Stuart Dunn, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Maxime Guénette, Greta Hawes, Michael Karabogias, Brady Kiesling, David Meadows, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Wikidata contributors, and Enes Yılandiloğlu.

A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries, and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/la

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Coordinate upgrades for Latium and Campania

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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508 places have been relocated with coordinates from the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

Coordinate upgrades for Latium and Campania - Read More…

First coordinates from DARMC

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Places of Britannia have coordinates from the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

First coordinates from DARMC - Read More…

Place detail upgrades

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We've made sweeping upgrades to the details field of places

Place detail upgrades - Read More…

Introducing modern names

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Adding modern names into the mix to improve reusability of resources

Introducing modern names - Read More…

Maps 38, 65 updates and new batch process

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We've used map directories 38 and 65 as a successful trial of bulk location precision upgrades

Maps 38, 65 updates and new batch process - Read More…

Daily dumps of locations, names, and places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Tabular snapshots of resources for researchers

Daily dumps of locations, names, and places - Read More…

Round 2 sub-milestone

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We've finished the import of all named and unnamed point-like features

Round 2 sub-milestone - Read More…

Imported map directory 55

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Thessalia-Boeotia

Imported map directory 55 - Read More…

Monitoring the editorial process

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Part 1 in a series of recipes for getting information about the editorial process out of Pleiades

Monitoring the editorial process - Read More…

FAQs 6-10

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Answers to 5 frequently asked questions

FAQs 6-10 - Read More…

Imported map directories 39-41

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Mediolanum, Patavium, and Pisae

Imported map directories 39-41 - Read More…

Imported map directories 42, 44, 45, 47, 48

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Arretium-Asculum. Latium Vetus, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica

Imported map directories 42, 44, 45, 47, 48 - Read More…

Imported map directories 43, 59

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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What's an ancient world gazetteer without Athens and Rome?

Imported map directories 43, 59 - Read More…

Data import round 2 schedule

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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What and when

Data import round 2 schedule - Read More…

Imported map directories 25, 26, 31

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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This completes the named places for Hispania-Libya

Imported map directories 25, 26, 31 - Read More…

Answers to frequently asked questions

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Hopefully useful answers to important questions

Answers to frequently asked questions - Read More…

The "neighbor" tab and more

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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New convenient view of neighborhoods, spatial criterion improvements, and distance sorting

The "neighbor" tab and more - Read More…

Map of a place's neighborhood

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We're now showing neighboring places in maps

Map of a place's neighborhood - Read More…

Spatial criteria for collections

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Constrain searches for ancient world resources with new spatial criteria

Spatial criteria for collections - Read More…

Follow recently modified ancient world resources

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We've added a listing of recently modified places, names, and locations

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