Pyrgi
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Jan 14, 2024 11:33 PM
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History
Pyrgi is an ancient Etruscan port city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy. A Roman colony was established at the site by 191 B.C. In 1964 the bi-lingual 'Pyrgi Plaques' were discovered during the course of excavations.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433061
42.0153455, 11.963217
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 7118 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Pyrgi (750 BC - AD 300)
- Πύργοι (Pyrgoi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pyrgos (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Santa Severa (Italian, modern)
- Pyrgi connection Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Pyrgi connection Via Aurelia (unspecified date range)
- Roman castrum at Pyrgi located at Pyrgi (unspecified date range)
- Santuario di Pyrgi located at Pyrgi (unspecified date range)
sanctuary (religious center), settlement, port, temple
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 A1 Pyrgi
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S. Severa
N. Purcell, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Pyrgi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433061> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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