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Tusculum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli

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

Last modified Sep 08, 2024 10:27 AM — History

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

Tusculum was a Latin city of the Alban Hills in central Italy. After 381 B.C., Tusculum became the first "municipium cum suffragio".

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423108

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.798284, 12.710316

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18975 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Τούσκλον (Tousklon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Τούσκουλον (Touskoulon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tuscolo (Italian, modern)
- Tusculum (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)

Tusculum makes connections with:

Tusculum member of Latin League (unspecified date range)
Tusculum located on Via Labicana (unspecified date range)

Tusculum receives connections from:

Aqua Crabra connection Tusculum (unspecified date range)
Casale Bevilacqua located at Tusculum (unspecified date range)
Mausoleum of M. Coelius Vinicianus located at Tusculum (30 BC - AD 300)
Roman amphitheater at Tusculum located at Tusculum (unspecified date range)
Roman theater at Tusculum located at Tusculum (unspecified date range)
Villa Rufinella located near Tusculum (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 C2 Tusculum

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tuscolo

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Suggested citation:
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tusculum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423108> [accessed: 22 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423108 |title=Places: 423108 (Tusculum) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli |accessdate=December 22, 2024 12:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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