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
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Last modified
Jul 31, 2023 06:35 PM
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History
Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis was an important ancient port in North Africa. Founded by 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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- Hadrumetum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Hunericopolis (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Iustinianopolis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sousse (French, modern)
- 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:
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- Related:
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, and Sean Gillies, 'Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/324716> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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