Uchium
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).
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Apr 29, 2026 03:08 PM
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History
A settlement attested in ancient sources that cannot be located with certainty today. BAtlDir ventures the possibility that it might be identifiable with the Tunisian site of Henchir Bourgou on Djerba island.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/349640
33.8214746532, 10.9691782125
- Representative Locations:
- Undetermined location (30 BC - AD 640)
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- Uchium (30 BC - AD 640)
- Uncertain: Uchium same as Henchir Bourgou (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, settlement
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 35 Uchium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Henchir Bourgou?
D.J. Mattingly, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Uchium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/349640> [accessed: 08 June 2026]
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