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So-called Early Christian Basilica

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Dec 22, 2024 11:50 AM — History
A small basilica located outside the walls of the ancient Greek city of Akragas, at the foot of the so-called Temple of Juno, on the eastern slopes of the Hill of the Temples, in an area previously occupied by the necropolis of the late Roman period.
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.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/217728890

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The basilica was most likely built in the fourth century A.D. It has an entrance to the east, a single nave, and a semicircular apse. On the floor of the nave, two tombs are visible, possibly belonging to the martyrs Libertino and Peregrino.


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Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Early Christian Basilica: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/217728890> [accessed: 04 April 2025] 

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