Toletum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: P.O. Spann
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, María Jesús Redondo
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Last modified
Jun 16, 2017 08:17 AM
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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
- DARMC location 262 (330 BC - AD 640)
- Toletum connection Carpetania (unspecified date range)
- Toletum connection Tagus (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 27 A2 Toletum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Toledo
P.O. Spann, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and María Jesús Redondo, 'Toletum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266066> [accessed: 23 April 2018]
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