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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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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442658
40.3836414032, 16.8243315236
- OSM location of Metapontum (750 BC - AD 640)
- DARMC location 18616 (750 BC - AD 640)
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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)
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: 16 June 2021]
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