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Col. Clunia (Sulpicia)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 11, 2025 11:19 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) was a Roman city of Hispania Tarraconensis. The site was besieged by Cn. Pompeius Magnus during the war against Sertorius.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246345

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.7810358769, -3.37099873837

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Ciudad Romana de Clunia Sulpicia (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Clunia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Col. Clunia Sulpicia (330 BC - AD 640)
- Κλουνία κολωνία (Klounia kolonia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
Associated Modern Names:
- Peñalba de Castro (Penalba de Castro: Spanish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
Labels (map, atlas, gazetteer):
- Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) (Col. Clunia: Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)

Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) makes connections with:

None

Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) receives connections from:

Roman forum of Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) located at Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) (unspecified date range)
Teatro Clunia located at Col. Clunia (Sulpicia) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

Evidence:

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 25 B4 Col. Clunia (Sulpicia)

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Peñalba de Castro

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Suggested citation:
H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Col. Clunia (Sulpicia): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246345> [accessed: 11 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246345 |title=Places: 246345 (Col. Clunia (Sulpicia)) |author=Sivan, H., S. Keay, R. Mathisen |accessdate=February 11, 2026 10:51 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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