Sarsina
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
DARMC, Jonathan Weiland, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jun 30, 2025 11:51 AM
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History
Sarsina was a town of the Umbri that was captured by Cornelius Scipio in 271 B.C. and was the birthplace of the Latin author Plautus. The necropolis at Sarsina has been extensively studied.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413306
43.9194, 12.142155
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18864 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Sarsinates (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Sarsina located on Sapis (river) (unspecified date range)
- Capitolium of Sarsina located at Sarsina (unspecified date range)
- Roman forum of Sarsina located at Sarsina (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C1 Sarsina
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sarsina
W.V. Harris, DARMC, Jonathan Weiland, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sarsina: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413306> [accessed: 13 February 2026]
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