Touxion
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).
Last modified
Jan 03, 2023 03:53 PM
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History
Touxion was a Samnite metropolis that is referred to in several obscure texts. It is linked to the career of Fabius Fabricianus, a kinsman of Fabius Maximus, who is said to have sacked the city and carried off to Rome as plunder the statue of Aphrodite Nikephoros (a.k.a. Venus Victrix). The location of Touxion is uncertain. Torelli speculates that it may have been conquered in the campaigns of 292-1 B.C. along with Cominium and Venusium. Smith notes the Oresteia-like parallels in this narrative.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438854
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (550 BC - 30 BC)
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- Τούξιον (Touxion: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 30 BC)
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unlocated, settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 Touxion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Samnite city
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Touxion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438854> [accessed: 13 June 2025]
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