Achenus (river)

a Pleiades place resource

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Pliny the Elder describes the territory beyond the Promontory of Chaldone, which includes a series of coastal whirlpools and a river called Achenus.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/156313381

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- flumen Achenus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Achenus (river) makes connections with:

None

Achenus (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.147.4

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Achenus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/156313381> [accessed: 10 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/156313381 |title=Places: 156313381 (Achenus (river)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 10, 2025 4:41 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}