Spina
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Anne User, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Aug 10, 2025 10:12 AM
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History
An Etruscan port city at the mouth of the Po River on the Adriatic Sea, most likely founded at the end of the sixth century B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393498
44.6934447879, 12.0930800829
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Spina Archaeological Site (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Spina connection (H)Adriaticum/Superum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Spina connection Septem Maria (Po River Delta) (unspecified date range)
- Spina connection Via Popilia (in Aemilia) (unspecified date range)
- Sacis ad Padum located north of Spina (unspecified date range)
settlement, port, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 40 C3 Spina
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Valpega
M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Anne User, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Spina: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393498> [accessed: 16 December 2025]
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