Obulco

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: P.O. Spann

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, María Jesús Redondo

Last modified Jun 13, 2019 02:29 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Obulco was a Roman municipium of Hispania Baetica.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/265982

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.870867, -4.184754

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20541 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Municipium Pontificense (330 BC - AD 300)
- Obulco (330 BC - AD 300)
- Porcuna (Spanish, AD 640 - Present)

Obulco makes connections with:

None

Obulco receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 3.2.2

See Further:

Related:

TM GEO ID 26159

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 A4 Obulco

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Porcuna

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Suggested citation:
P.O. Spann, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, and María Jesús Redondo, 'Obulco: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/265982> [accessed: 14 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/265982 |title=Places: 265982 (Obulco) |author=Spann, P. |accessdate=June 14, 2025 6:50 am |publisher=Pleiades}}