Sitifis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.W.B. Fentress

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

Last modified Jun 17, 2025 01:19 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

An ancient site at modern Sétif in Algeria, originally founded as a colonial settlement for Roman veterans during the reign of the emperor Nerva.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305153

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.1921446504, 5.40418082407

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of الآثار الرومانية (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Sitifi col. (Sitifi colonia: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sitifis (30 BC - AD 640)
- سطيف‎ (Sétif: Arabic, modern)

Sitifis makes connections with:

None

Sitifis receives connections from:

Salviana next place in route Sitifis (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 1C3 (Talbert 93)

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 C4 Sitifis

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sétif

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Suggested citation:
E.W.B. Fentress, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sitifis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305153> [accessed: 19 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305153 |title=Places: 305153 (Sitifis) |author=Fentress, E. |accessdate=June 19, 2025 11:40 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}