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Portus Iulius

a Pleiades place resource

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The so-called "Portus Iulius" is an ancient Roman port complex on the Bay of Naples. Its remains are now submerged due to the bradyseism of the Phlegraean Fields. The archaeological remains were first rediscovered in 1956.

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/316104222

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.8287282, 14.0948924

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Portus Julius (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- portus Iulius (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Portus Iulius makes connections with:

Portus Iulius located at Dikaiarcheia/Puteoli (unspecified date range)
Portus Iulius communicates with Puteolanus Sinus/Crater (unspecified date range)

Portus Iulius receives connections from:

None

Place type:
harbor, archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Portus Iulius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/316104222> [accessed: 07 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/316104222 |title=Places: 316104222 (Portus Iulius) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 7, 2025 5:19 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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