Pons Aelius

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 15, 2025 05:44 PM — History

The Pons Aelius or Aelian Bridge (now Ponte Sant'Angelo) was completed by Hadrian in AD 134 to span the Tiber opposite the new mausoleum of the emperor.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776903

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.9018943389, 12.4664399121

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ponte Sant'Angelo (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Pons Aelius makes connections with:

Pons Aelius located at Roma (30 BC - AD 300)
Pons Aelius located on Tiberis (river) (30 BC - AD 300)

Pons Aelius receives connections from:

Mausoleum Hadriani located at Pons Aelius (unspecified date range)

Place type:
bridge

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See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Ponte Sant'Angelo (Q870476)

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B2

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Suggested citation:
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, Jeffrey Becker, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Pons Aelius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776903> [accessed: 08 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776903 |title=Places: 334776903 (Pons Aelius) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli |accessdate=March 8, 2025 6:56 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}