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Ustica (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Prag

Last modified Mar 10, 2023 09:55 PM — History

An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea occupied since the middle of the second millennium B.C. when Phoenician traders were present there.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1361

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.716667, 13.183333

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Ustica Ins. (modern)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ὀστεώδης (Osteodes: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Osteodes (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vstica (Ustica: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Οὐστίκα (Ustica: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Ustica (island) makes connections with:

Ustica (island) connection Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)

Ustica (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

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Evidence:

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 F3 Ustica Ins.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ustica ITL

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Suggested citation:
Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Tom Elliott, and Jonathan Prag, 'Ustica (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1361> [accessed: 04 June 2023]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1361 |title=Places: 1361 (Ustica (island)) |author=E. Downs, M., B. Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel |accessdate=June 4, 2023 3:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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