Tacape

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.J. Mattingly

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

Last modified Jul 13, 2023 10:03 AM

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Tacape (modern Gabès) was a commercial city located on the Lesser Syrtis.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344496

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
33.88643, 10.109445

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6261 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tacapas (330 BC - AD 640)
- Tacape (330 BC - AD 640)

Tacape makes connections with:

Tacape located on Limes Tripolitanus road (unspecified date range)
Tacape connection Syrtis Minor (unspecified date range)
Tacape located on Untitled (unspecified date range)

Tacape receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 C1 Tacape

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gabes TUN

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Suggested citation:
D.J. Mattingly, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tacape: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344496> [accessed: 07 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/344496 |title=Places: 344496 (Tacape) |author=Mattingly, D. |accessdate=July 7, 2025 6:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}