Scombraria (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: P.O. Spann Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: P.O. Spann Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 25, 2020 11:36 AM
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History
Strabo reports that the island's name is derived from the mackerel harvested there that are in turn used to manufacture garum.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266032
37.5, -0.5
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - AD 300)
- Hercules (330 BC - AD 300)
- Σκομβραρία (Scombraria: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
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island
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 E4 Scombraria Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Escombrera Is.
P.O. Spann, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Scombraria (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266032> [accessed: 25 January 2021]
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