Ortona

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.V. Harris

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 12, 2025 07:37 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

An ancient site in Italy that most likely originates with the Frentani.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413234

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.356904, 14.405203

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18722 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hortona (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ortona (330 BC - AD 640)

Ortona makes connections with:

Ortona connection Frentani (unspecified date range)

Ortona receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 G4 Ortona

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ortona

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Suggested citation:
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Ortona: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413234> [accessed: 13 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413234 |title=Places: 413234 (Ortona) |author=Harris, W. |accessdate=May 13, 2026 4:04 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}