Columnae Herculis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Euzennat Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The Columnae Herculis (Pillars of Hercules) are the twin promontories that flank the Straits of Gibraltar, namely the rock of Gibraltar on the northern side and a debated southern promontory, likely either Monte Hacho (the ancient Abila Mons) or the Jebel Musa.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275614
36.000038, -5.37113526667
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - AD 300)
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- Columnae Herculis (Latin, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Columnae Herculis connection Herakleios Porthmos/Gaditanum Fretum (unspecified date range)
- Abila M. connection Columnae Herculis (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Atlantis located west of Columnae Herculis (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Calpe (mountain) connection Columnae Herculis (unspecified date range)
cape, promontory
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 28 D1/D2 Columnae Herculis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: GIB/SPN
M. Euzennat, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Columnae Herculis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/275614> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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