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Pons Aelius

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 13, 2024 03:56 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.

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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.

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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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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Pons Aelius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776903> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776903 |title=Places: 334776903 (Pons Aelius) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 23, 2024 3:05 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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