Pons Cestius

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling

Last modified Feb 06, 2025 03:11 PM — History

A Roman stone bridge on the Tiber river, spanning the river channel from the Tiber Island westward to the Transtiberim (Trastevere). The original bridge dates to the first century BC.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/211668069

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8900482504, 12.4772938765

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ponte Cestio (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Pons Cestius makes connections with:

Pons Cestius connection Roma (unspecified date range)
Pons Cestius connection Tiber Island (unspecified date range)
Pons Cestius connection Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)

Pons Cestius receives connections from:

None

Place type:
bridge

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Pons Cestius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/211668069> [accessed: 29 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/211668069 |title=Places: 211668069 (Pons Cestius) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 29, 2025 8:41 am |publisher=Pleiades}}