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Rusellae

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.V. Harris

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne

Last modified Nov 21, 2022 06:55 PM — History

tags: dare:major=1, polygonal masonry, dare:feature=major settlement, extant remains, dare:ancient=1

An Etruscan city captured by Rome in 294 B.C., Rusellae's >2 mile circuit of megalithic walls represent an important early instance of stone fortification walling in the Italian peninsula.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413288

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.827701, 11.1594725

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 18835 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Roselle (Italian, modern)
- Rusellae (750 BC - AD 640)
Ethnic Names:
- Ῥουσιλανοί (Rousilanoi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Rusellanil (Rusellani: Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)

Rusellae makes connections with:

Rusellae connection Via Aurelia (unspecified date range)

Rusellae receives connections from:

Aquae Rusellanae located near Rusellae (unspecified date range)
Casa dell'Impluvium at Rusellae located at Rusellae (unspecified date range)
Circuit wall of Rusellae located at Rusellae (unspecified date range)
Necropolis of Campo della Fonte located at Rusellae (unspecified date range)
Roman amphitheater at Rusellae located at Rusellae (unspecified date range)
Spolverino, Alberese located near Rusellae (30 BC - AD 300)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 A3 Rusellae

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Roselle

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Suggested citation:
W.V. Harris, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Rusellae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413288> [accessed: 18 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413288 |title=Places: 413288 (Rusellae) |author=Harris, W. |accessdate=April 18, 2024 3:39 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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