Clusium
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
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May 28, 2026 08:09 PM
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History
Clusium, the Etruscan Clevsin (modern Chiusi), was a major city of Etruria. Lars Porsena was a sixth century B.C. king of Clusium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413096
43.016515, 11.9477359
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Chiusi (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Clusium located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Ad Novas next place in route Clusium (unspecified date range)
- Poggio Gaiella located at Clusium (unspecified date range)
- Tomb of the Tassinara located at Clusium (unspecified date range)
settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
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- Appian, BC (Mendelssohn; Perseus) 1.10.89
- Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. (Perseus: Jacoby) 13.11.2
- Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. (Perseus: Jacoby) 5.21.1
- Liv. (OCT: PHI) 2.9-13
- Liv. (OCT: PHI) 5.33.4.2, 5.33.4.3, 5.33.5.1, 5.33.5.3
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 18.67.1
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 36.91.6
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 8.221.4
- Plut. (Perrin 1914; Perseus) Cam. 15
- Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 5.2.9
- TP (Talbert: CUP) 3B5 (Talbert 1100)
- See Further:
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- ASAT 361-84
- BAtlas 42 B2 Clusium
- BMCR 2022.07.02
- BTCGI V, 283-301 (Mauro Cristofani)
- Bertrand 1874
- Bianchi Bandinelli 1939
- Bruun 1975
- Dohan 1942
- Gagé 1975
- Heurgon 1957
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 285,6
- ItMiller 292, 290
- Jannot 1984
- Myres 1951
- New Pauly Clusium (M. Cataudella)
- PECS (Perseus) CLUSIUM (Chiusi) Italy
- Pack 1987
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) CLÚSIUM
- ToposText Clusium (Etruria)
- Vela 2019
- Wikipedia (English) Chiusi
- Wikipedia (English) Clusium
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 B2 Clusium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Chiusi
W.V. Harris, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Clusium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413096> [accessed: 21 July 2026]
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