Capsa (Iustiniana)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 10, 2023 07:26 PM
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History
Capsa (Iustiniana) was an ancient city of Byzacium in north Africa.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324684
34.4205427, 8.7855301
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern Gafsa (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Capsa (330 BC - AD 300)
- Capsa Colonia (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Capsa Iustiniana (330 BC - AD 300)
- Capsitani (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Κάψα (Kapsa: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- قفصة (Gafsa: Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 33 C4 Capsa (Iustiniana)
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gafsa
R.B. Hitchner, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Capsa (Iustiniana): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324684> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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