Algae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 07, 2025 11:57 AM
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History
An ancient place, mentioned in the maritime portion of the Antonine Itineraries as between Centum Cellae (modern Civitavecchia) and Rapinium (modern Bagni Sant'Agostino). BAtlas identifies Algae with modern Torre Valdaliga; whereas NP considers it unlocated.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413008
42.1237348, 11.7590683
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Torre Valdaliga (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Algae (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Torre Valdaliga (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Algae next place in route Rapinium (30 BC - AD 300)
- Centum Cellae next place in route Algae (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 B4 Algae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Torre Valdaliga
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Algae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413008> [accessed: 04 December 2025]
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