Carteia/Calpe/Karpessos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Warner, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Jul 04, 2024 04:05 PM
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History
A Phoenician and Roman town in Spain located on the Bay of Gibraltar. The site played a strategic role in the Punic Wars, and was given the rights of a Latin colony in 171 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256063
36.1851914761, -5.40939078138
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Carteia (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- San Roque Theatre - Carteia located at Carteia/Calpe/Karpessos (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 E5 Carteia/Calpe/Karpessos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: El Rocadillo, near S. Roque
Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Warner, and R. Talbert, 'Carteia/Calpe/Karpessos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256063> [accessed: 20 April 2025]
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