Blera
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).
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Feb 29, 2024 11:46 AM
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History
Blera was a significant Etruscan settlement in the vicinity of Tarquinii. It lay along the line of the Roman Via Clodia. It received Roman municipal status and was enrolled in the tribus Arnensis. The city flourished in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413054
42.272684, 12.027539
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6982 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Blera connection Via Clodia (unspecified date range)
- Blera part of (administrative) tribus Arnensis (30 BC - AD 300)
- Casacce necropolis located at Blera (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Casetta Etruscan necropolis located at Blera (unspecified date range)
- Etruscan necropolis of Terrone located at Blera (unspecified date range)
- Formello villa and mausoleum located near Blera (30 BC - AD 300)
- Pian del Vescovo located at Blera (unspecified date range)
- Ponte del Diavolo located at Blera (unspecified date range)
- Ponte della Rocca, Blera located at Blera (330 BC - AD 300)
- Selvasecca di Blera located near Blera (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C4 Blera
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Blera
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Blera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413054> [accessed: 22 January 2025]
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