Sarrastes
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott
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An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 G4 Sarrastes
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433104
40.8338666496, 14.5720320224
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Sarrastes (550 BC - AD 300)
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- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 G4 Sarrastes
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Sarno. Smith (1854) refers to the Virgilian tradition that the Sarrastes are to be connected with the Sarno river and that they were the founders of Nuceria, although this may prove inconsistent with the historical and archaeological records.
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Sarrastes: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433104> [accessed: 16 June 2026]
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