Metapontum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
DARMC, Jonathan Weiland, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 24, 2021 01:38 PM
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History
An important city of Magna Graecia, Metapontum was located on the Gulf of Tarentum. The Achaeans were responsible for its foundation, perhaps as early as the eighth century B.C.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442658
40.3836414032, 16.8243315236
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18616 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Metapontum (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Μεταπόντιον (Metapontion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Metapontum (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Pantanello (Italian, modern)
- Metapontum located near Bradanus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ekklesiasterion/Theater at Metapontum located at Metapontum (unspecified date range)
- Hera temple located at Metapontum (unspecified date range)
- Pantanello necropolis located near Metapontum (750 BC - 30 BC)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Arachne 8003373
- BAtlas 45 E4 Metapontum
- BTCGI X, 65-112
- Carter 1998
- Carter 2006
- Chora of Metaponto 3,3
- Chora of Metaponto 3,4
- Chora of Metaponto 4
- Chora of Metaponto 5
- Chora of Metaponto 6
- Chora of Metaponto 7
- De Siena and Cracolici 2001
- Giardino 1982
- Harrington 2018
- ICA Metapontum Bibliography (updated through 2/2005)
- Lo Porto 1981, 24-44
- Metaponto Project
- New Pauly Metapontum
- PECS (Perseus) METAPONTION (Metaponto) Lucania, Italy
- RE Metapontum
- Schmiedt 1959
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), METAPONTUM
- ToposText Metapontion (Magna Graecia)
- Uggeri 1969a; Uggeri 1969
- Wikipedia (English) Metapontum
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 E4 Metapontum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Metaponto
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, Jonathan Weiland, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Metapontum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442658> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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