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B(a)elo

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, jfu

Last modified Nov 25, 2020 11:34 AM — History

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

B(a)elo is located on the northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The town was founded by the late second century BC and achieved municipal status under Claudius.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256005

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.0898214009, -5.77446835687

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Baelo Claudia (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Baelo (30 BC - AD 640)
- Baldo (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Bardo (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Belo (30 BC - AD 640)
- Βελών (Belon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

B(a)elo makes connections with:

None

B(a)elo receives connections from:

House of the Sundial at Baelo located at B(a)elo (30 BC - AD 300)
House of the West at Baelo located at B(a)elo (30 BC - AD 300)
Roman Theater of Baelo located at B(a)elo (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 E5 B(a)elo

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bolonia

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Suggested citation:
Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and jfu, 'B(a)elo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256005> [accessed: 15 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256005 |title=Places: 256005 (B(a)elo) |author=Jr., F. Stanley, R. Knapp |accessdate=June 15, 2025 9:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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