Malaca
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: P.O. Spann
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
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History
A Roman city of Baetica that was perhaps founded by the Carthaginians in the fifth century BC. Modern Malaga, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/265963
36.719658, -4.420163
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20463 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Malaca (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Málaga (Malaga: Spanish, modern)
- Μάλακα (Malaka: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Malaġa (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- municipium Flavium Malacitanum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Malaca located on Malaca (river) (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Malaca located at Malaca (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 A5 Malaca
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Málaga
P.O. Spann, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Malaca: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/265963> [accessed: 12 December 2025]
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