Ad Novas

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Euzennat

Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jul 14, 2022 08:12 PM — History

The Antonine Itinerary places a road station named Ad Novas on a route from Tocolosida (modern Bled Takourart) to Tingi (modern Tangier). Modern scholars tentatively associate Ad Novas with some Roman archaeological remains at modern Souiyar in Morocco.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275580

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.69404, -5.93182

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: Geonames location of modern Souiyar (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ad Novas (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)

Ad Novas makes connections with:

Ad Novas next place in route Ad Mercurios (AD 300 - AD 640)

Ad Novas receives connections from:

Oppidum Novum next place in route Ad Novas (30 BC - AD 640)

Place type:
station (road or coastal), settlement-modern

References:

Evidence:

ItAnt (Cuntz) 24.3 (page 3)

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 28 C3 Ad Novas?

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Souiyar

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Suggested citation:
M. Euzennat, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ad Novas: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275580> [accessed: 16 June 2025]

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