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Tarchna/Tarquinii

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.V. Harris

Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Weiland, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes

Last modified Mar 31, 2026 08:53 AM — History

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

An ancient city of Etruria and the leading city of the doudecim populi Etruriae, Tarquinia (called Tarch(u)na or Tarchna in Etruscan) was a major urban center of ancient Italy.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413332

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.2572541045, 11.7914539586

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of SIC Acropoli di Tarquinia (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- *tarchuna (In Latin characters Etruscan, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- Tarchna (In Latin characters Etruscan, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Ταρκυνία (Tarkynia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tarquinia (Italian, modern)
- Tarquinii (750 BC - AD 640)
- Tarqvinis (Tarquinis: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Tarchna/Tarquinii makes connections with:

Tarchna/Tarquinii part of (regional) Etruria/Tuscia (region) (unspecified date range)
Tarchna/Tarquinii located on Unnamed road (330 BC - AD 640)

Tarchna/Tarquinii receives connections from:

Ara della Regina located at Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Graviscae located near Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Martanum part of (administrative) Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Monterozzi necropolis located at Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Necropoli Fondo Scataglini located at Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Pian di Civita, Tarquinii located at Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)
Porta Romanelli located at Tarchna/Tarquinii (unspecified date range)

Place type:
cultural landscape, settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 B4 Tarchna/Tarquinii

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Tarquinia

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Suggested citation:
W.V. Harris, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Jonathan Weiland, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Tarchna/Tarquinii: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413332> [accessed: 12 September 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413332 |title=Places: 413332 (Tarchna/Tarquinii) |author=Harris, W. |accessdate=September 12, 2026 10:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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