Canusium
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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History
A center of the ancient Daunians, Canusium became allied to Rome in 318 B.C. It received municipal status in 88 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442525
41.22142765, 16.0655784
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18289 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Canosa di Puglia (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Canusium (750 BC - AD 640)
- Κανύσιον (Kanusion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Canusium connection Aufidus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Canusium connection Daunii (unspecified date range)
- Canusium connection Via Appia (unspecified date range)
- Arch of Trajan at Canosa located at Canusium (unspecified date range)
- Diomedis Campi located near Canusium (unspecified date range)
- Ipogeo dell'Oplita located at Canusium (unspecified date range)
- Netion next place in route Canusium (unspecified date range)
- Untitled located near Canusium (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 45 D2 Canusium
- BTCGI IV, 367-86 (Maurizio Paoletti)
- Fronda 2006 397-417
- Grelle 1993
- Horstkotte 1984 211-224
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 116,3 Canusio
- ItMiller 375 [Canusio]
- New Pauly Canusium (B. Garozzo)
- PECS (Perseus) CANUSIUM (Canosa di Puglia) Apulia, Italy (F. G. Lo Porto)
- RE Canusium (C. Hülsen)
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) CANUSIUM
- ToposText Canusium (Italy)
- Wikipedia (English) Canusium
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 D2 Canusium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Canosa di Puglia
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Canusium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442525> [accessed: 10 February 2026]
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