Janiculum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 15, 2025 05:05 PM — History

This hill is located outside the ancient city of Rome to the west of the Tiber River and is not considered one of the Seven Hills of Rome. From an early stage, the Janiculum was connected to the city by fortifications and a bridge over the Tiber. It also was the site of important water-powered mills in the Roman Empire.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/430827518

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.88333, 12.46667

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Representative Locations:
- GeoNames Location of Gianicolo (modern) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Gianicolo (Italian, modern)
- Ianiculum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ἰάνουκλος (Ianouklos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Janiculum makes connections with:

Janiculum part of (analytical) Regio XIV (Transtiberim) (unspecified date range)
Janiculum connection Roma (unspecified date range)

Janiculum receives connections from:

Fonte dell'Acqua Paola located on Janiculum (unspecified date range)
Lucus Furrinae located on Janiculum (unspecified date range)
Villa Pamphili located on Janiculum (unspecified date range)

Place type:
hill

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Initial Provenance:
Cass. Dio 46.44.5

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Janiculum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/430827518> [accessed: 23 June 2025]

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