Tacape
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 22, 2026 01:37 PM
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History
Tacape (modern Gabès) was a commercial city located on the Lesser Syrtis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344496
33.88643, 10.109445
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6261 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Gabes (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Tacapas (330 BC - AD 640)
- Tacape (330 BC - AD 640)
- Tacape col. (Tacape colonia: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- قابس (Ḳābis: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Tacape located on Limes Tripolitanus road (unspecified date range)
- Tacape connection Syrtis Minor (unspecified date range)
- Tacape located on Untitled (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 C1 Tacape
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gabes TUN
D.J. Mattingly, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Tacape: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344496> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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