Orippo
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 02, 2025 04:07 PM
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History
A Roman city with Turdetanian origins. It is cited on both the Antonine Itinerary and the Vicarello goblets. Based on these itineraries it is to be located between Ugia (Torre Alocaz, Utrera) and Hispalis (Seville), near the banks of the Lacus Ligustinus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256343
37.2738633, -6.004468
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Torre de los Herberos (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Orippo (330 BC - AD 640)
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- Less than certain: Torre de los Herberos (Spanish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Orippo next place in route Hispalis/Col. Romula (30 BC - AD 300)
- U(r)gia next place in route Orippo (30 BC - AD 300)
tower (defensive), settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 E4 Orippo
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Torre de los Herberos? near Dos Hermanas
Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Orippo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256343> [accessed: 10 March 2026]
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