Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified
Apr 02, 2026 06:03 PM
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History
Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis was an important ancient port in North Africa. Founded by the Phoenicians, the site pre-dated Carthage. Under Roman administration, the site prospered, and Trajan assigned it colonial status as Colonia Concordia Ulpia Trajana Augusta Frugifera Hadrumetina.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324716
35.825866, 10.63878
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12646 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Hadrito (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Hadrumetum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Hunericopolis (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Iustinianopolis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sousse (French, modern)
- سوس (Sūs: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- سوسة (Sūsa: Tunisian Arabic, modern)
- Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
- House of the masks, Hadrumetum located at Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- AAT I 57.16
- BAtlas 33 G1 Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis
- EncBerb 22 Hadrumetum/ Iustinianopolis
- Foucher 1964
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 58,5 Adrumetum
- ItMiller 905, 926
- Livius.org Hadrumetum
- New Pauly Hadrumetum
- PECS (Perseus) HADRUMETUM (Sousse) Tunisia
- Pringle 1981
- ToposText Hadrumetum (Tunisia)
- Wikipedia (English) Hadrumetum
- Wikipedia (English) Sousse
- Related:
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- Arachne Hadrumetum/Sousse Sousse (Gouvernorat), Republik Tunesien
- EDH Geographic Database G001045: Hadrumetum – Sousse
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 545: Hadrito
- TGN 7015312: Sousse (inhabited place)
- TM GEO ID 8315: Hadrumetum (Sousse)
- Wikidata Hadrumetum (Q2736539)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2042779: Sousse
- nomisma.org Hadrumetum
- vici.org 1911: Hadrumetum
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 33 G1 Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sousse
R.B. Hitchner, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324716> [accessed: 16 May 2026]
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