Pontiae (islands)
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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Jan 04, 2024 06:30 PM
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An archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433042
40.8875798, 13.0802217
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- Pontiae (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pontine Islands (English, modern)
- Pontiae (islands) connection Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Eumorfiana? Ins. connection Pontiae (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Palmaria (island) connection Pontiae (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Pandataria (island) connection Pontiae (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Pontia connection Pontiae (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Sinonia (island) connection Pontiae (islands) (unspecified date range)
archipelago, island group
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 C4 Pontiae Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ponza
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pontiae (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433042> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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Two more islands are included in the modern archipelago - Gavi and Santo Stefano - is it worthwhile / advisable to add locations to Pleiades for these, even if there are no explicit ancient world references to them?