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Pons Sublicius

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Sara Hales, Echo Smith, Edward Keogh

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling

Last modified Mar 21, 2026 11:08 PM — History

tags: bridge

The Pons Sublicius is traditionally held to be the earliest Roman bridge across the river Tiber. The textual tradition assigns its construction to the king Ancus Marcius in 642 B.C. It crossed the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium just downstream from Tiber Island.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/286808786

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.6783085406, 12.3275425525

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Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Pons Theodosii (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- pons sublicius (pons Sublicius: Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)

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Pons Sublicius located at Roma (750 BC - AD 640)
Pons Sublicius crosses Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
bridge

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Suggested citation:
Sara Hales, Echo Smith, Edward Keogh, Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Pons Sublicius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/286808786> [accessed: 11 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/286808786 |title=Places: 286808786 (Pons Sublicius) |author=Hales, S., E. Smith, E. Keogh |accessdate=October 11, 2026 8:33 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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