Argentorate
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 30, 2026 10:13 AM
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History
Argentorate (modern Strasbourg, France) was established perhaps ca. 12 BCE by Nero Claudius Drusus as a Roman outpost in Germania Superior.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108754
48.582416, 7.747407
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 1111 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Argentorate (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Ἀργεντόρατον (Argentoraton: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Strasbourg (French, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Argentorate connection Germania Superior (unspecified date range)
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None
fort, fort, tower (deprecated)
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 11 H4 Argentorate
- CIL XIII, 9082
- Hatt 1980
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 354,5 Argentorato
- ItMiller 52
- Livius.org Strasbourg (Argentorate)
- Mangin 1994 157-59 (no. 163)
- New Pauly Argentorate (F. Schön)
- RE Argentorate (M. Ihm)
- ToposText Argentoratum (Gallia)
- Wikipedia (English) Argentoratum
- Wikipedia (English) Strasbourg
- Related:
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- Arachne Argentoratum Bas-Rhin, Frankreich, Europa
- EDH Geographic Database G009081: Argentorate (Civitas Tribocorum) – Strasbourg (Rue de la Nuée Bleue/Blauwolkengasse)
- GeoNames 2973783: Strasbourg
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 3343: Argentorate
- TM GEO ID 3342: Argentorate (Strasbourg)
- Wikidata Argentoratum (Q2361353)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2076623: Argentoratum
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 H4 Argentorate
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Strasbourg
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Argentorate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108754> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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