Col. Caesaraugusta
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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History
Colonia Caesaraugusta (present-day Zaragoza, Spain) was established as a planned Roman colony of the Augustan period (ca. 14 BCE). Military veterans of the Cantabrian wars were settled there.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246344
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20179 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Caesaraugusta colonia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Col. Caesaraugusta (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Καισαραυγοῦστα (Kaisaraugousta: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Saraḳusṭa (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Zaragoza (Spanish, modern)
- Col. Caesaraugusta located on (H)Iberus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Col. Caesaraugusta succeeds Salduie/‘Salduba’ (unspecified date range)
- Roman city wall of Zaragoza located at Col. Caesaraugusta (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater of Zaragoza located at Col. Caesaraugusta (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 25 E4 Col. Caesaraugusta
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Zaragoza
H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Col. Caesaraugusta: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246344> [accessed: 17 June 2026]
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