Rocca di Cerere
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The Rocca di Cerere (Rock of Ceres) is a rocky outcrop located in the city of Enna, Sicily. It was used as a fortified acropolis in antiquity. Roman soldiers are reported to have sacked the temple atop the rocca in 173 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/411378987
37.5691823657, 14.2893006513
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Rocca di Cerere (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Rocca di Cerere (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Rocca di Cerere located at (H)Enna (unspecified date range)
- Rocca di Cerere located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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acropolis
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Rocca di Cerere: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/411378987> [accessed: 17 October 2026]
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