Toletum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: P.O. Spann
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, María Jesús Redondo
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History
Ancient Toletum, located on the Tagus river, was the main settlement of the Carpetani. The Romans captured the city in 193 B.C. In 507, Toletum became the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom and in 711 it fell to Muslim invaders. Alfonso VI of León and Castile recaptured the city in 1085.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266066
39.85668, -4.024491
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 262 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Toletum part of (regional) Carpetania (unspecified date range)
- Toletum connection Tagus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Suburbium Toletanum located at Toletum (30 BC - AD 750)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 A2 Toletum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Toledo
P.O. Spann, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, and María Jesús Redondo, 'Toletum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266066> [accessed: 21 June 2025]
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