Ancon(a)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 01, 2026 09:03 AM
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History
A port city founded by colonists from Syracuse in 387 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413014
43.6189926667, 13.5160726667
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 18190 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 19965 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Ancon (550 BC - AD 640)
- colonia Ancona (Ancona: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ancone (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ἀγκών (Angkon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ancon(a) abuts (H)Adriaticum/Superum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Ancon(a) part of (regional) Picenum (region) (unspecified date range)
- Ancon(a) located on Unnamed road (330 BC - AD 640)
- Arch of Trajan at Ancona located at Ancon(a) (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Ancona located at Ancon(a) (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 F1 Ancon(a)
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ancona
W.V. Harris, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Ancon(a): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413014> [accessed: 10 September 2026]
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