Divona
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Aug 28, 2024 11:53 AM
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History
Divona (Cahors) was the capital of the civitas of the Cadurci throughout the Roman period. It takes its name from a sacred spring (likely the Fontaine des Chartreux) and a ford on the Lot river.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138329
44.4463125, 1.4417145
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 12215 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Cahors (French, modern)
- Civitas Cadurcorum (30 BC - AD 640)
- Divona (30 BC - AD 640)
- Divona capital of Cadurci (unspecified date range)
- Divona connection Oltis (river) (unspecified date range)
- Divona connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Divona connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- Arc de Diane located at Divona (unspecified date range)
- Fexitoialum located near Divona (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 G4 Divona
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cahors
H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Divona: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138329> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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