Porcibera (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 19, 2026 07:39 PM
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History
A river, flowing from Monte Leco in the Ligurian Apennines and emptying in the Ligusticum Mare near Genua.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/383749
44.4535503415, 8.89354946229
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Torrente Polcevera (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Porcibera (30 BC - AD 640)
- flumen Porcifera (Porcifera: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Procibera (30 BC - AD 640)
- Procobera (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Porcibera (river) flows into Ligusticum Mare (unspecified date range)
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river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 39 D5 Porcibera fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Polcevera
M. Pearce, P. Tozzi, R. Talbert, Stefano Costa, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Porcibera (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/383749> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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