Durocasses

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Haselgrove, J. Kunow

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 28, 2025 04:20 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Durocasses (Dreux) was the capital of the Celtic tribe of the Durocasses.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108943

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
48.737951, 1.361087

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12281 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Dreux (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Durocasses (30 BC - AD 640)
- Dvrocassio (Durocassio: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Durocasses makes connections with:

None

Durocasses receives connections from:

Chaussée Jules César connection Durocasses (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 1A3 (Talbert 627)

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 B4 Durocasses

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dreux

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Suggested citation:
C. Haselgrove, J. Kunow, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Durocasses: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108943> [accessed: 09 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108943 |title=Places: 108943 (Durocasses) |author=Haselgrove, C., J. Kunow |accessdate=February 9, 2026 3:17 am |publisher=Pleiades}}