Tuscana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
An ancient city that traced its legendary origins to Ascanius, son of Aeneas. The site became an important Etruscan mercantile center and eventually achieved Roman municipal status in 88 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413356
42.419248, 11.87028
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18974 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Toscanella (Italian, modern)
- Tvscana (Tuscana: Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Tuscania (Italian, modern)
- Tuscana located on Via Clodia (unspecified date range)
- Tuscana part of (administrative) tribus Stellatina (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ara del Tufo necropolis located at Tuscana (unspecified date range)
- Necropolis of Madonna d'olivo located at Tuscana (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Peschiera necropolis located at Tuscana (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Pian di Mola necropolis located at Tuscana (unspecified date range)
- Terme della Regina located at Tuscana (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 42 B4 Tuscana
- Barker and Rasmussen 1988, 25-42
- Barker and Rasmussen 2023
- Bonucci Caporali 1982
- FormIt Tuscana
- ItMiller 296
- New Pauly Tuscana (Maria Milvia Morciano)
- PECS (Perseus) TUSCANA (Tuscania) Etruria, Italy
- TrecEnc Modigliani, M. 1937. "Tuscania." In Enciclopedia Italiana
- Ward-Perkins 1973a
- Ward-Perkins et al. 1972 196-238
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 B4 Tuscana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tuscania
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tuscana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413356> [accessed: 21 July 2026]
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