Ad Medias
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Apr 07, 2021 06:12 AM
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History
Ad Medias was a mutatio on the ancient Via Appia. It was located at the halfway point of the so-called Decennovium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432629
41.38571465, 13.10272235
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640)
- OSM location of modern Mesa di Pontinia (modern)
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- Ad Medias (30 BC - AD 640)
- Ad Medias located on Via Appia (unspecified date range)
- Mausoleum of Clesippus Geganius located at Ad Medias (unspecified date range)
station (road or coastal), settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 D3 Ad Medias
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Posta la Mesa
Extensive archaeological fieldwork (geophysical and pedestrian surveys) in the area of Ad Medias have been conducted by the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, revealing a wealth of multi-period features.
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ad Medias: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432629> [accessed: 06 May 2021]
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