Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
An ancient settlement of the Sallentini in Apulia. Legendary history held that this was the spot where Aeneas first landed in Italy, thus the assignation 'Limen Aphrodites' or 'Portus Veneris'.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442536
40.0043142715, 18.4282030797
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Sito Archeologico Capanne (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Athenaion (550 BC - AD 640)
- Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν (τὸ) (Athenas hieron: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Castra Minerv(a)e (Castra Minervae: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Castro (Italian, modern)
- Castrum Minervae (550 BC - AD 640)
- Limen Aphrodites (550 BC - AD 640)
- Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites connection Sallentini (unspecified date range)
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settlement, port, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 H4 Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Castro
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442536> [accessed: 22 June 2025]
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