Hermaia Akra/Mercurii Pr./Kalon Akroterion?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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Feb 03, 2026 11:01 PM
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Cap Bon is a peninsula of northeastern Tunisia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/315036
37.0836241, 11.0416578
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Cap Bon (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Cap Bon (English, modern)
- Hermaia Akra (330 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Kalon Akroterion (330 BC - AD 640)
- promunturium Mercurii (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Hermaia Akra/Mercurii Pr./Kalon Akroterion? connection Uticensis Sinus (unspecified date range)
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cape, promontory, promuntory
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 32 H2 Hermaia Akra/Mercurii Pr./Kalon Akroterion?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cap Bon
R.B. Hitchner, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, R. Warner, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Hermaia Akra/Mercurii Pr./Kalon Akroterion?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/315036> [accessed: 09 May 2026]
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