Metapontum
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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dare:ancient=1
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Mela (Ranstrand: PHI) 2.68.3
Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 3.97.7
Harrington 2018
Carter 1998
Chora of Metaponto 3,4
Chora of Metaponto 4
RE Metapontum
GeoNames 3173519: Metaponto
TM GEO ID 14498: Metapontum (Metaponto)
Giardino 1982
Chora of Metaponto 6
Schmiedt 1959
Chora of Metaponto 7
Wikipedia (English) Metapontum
ToposText Metapontion (Magna Graecia)
Arachne 8003373
De Siena and Cracolici 2001
Chora of Metaponto 3,3
TGN 7010092: Metaponto
PECS (Perseus) METAPONTION (Metaponto) Lucania, Italy
Wikidata Q1058770: Metapontum
BAtlas 45 E4 Metapontum
Chora of Metaponto 5
BTCGI X, 65-112
New Pauly Metapontum
Lo Porto 1981, 24-44
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 6.1.15
Liv. (OCT: PHI) 1.18.2.4
Uggeri 1969a; Uggeri 1969
Carter 2006
2021-01-24T14:38:12-04:00
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 E4 Metapontum
Metapontum
Metaponto
40.3834087034
Metapontum
Pantanello
Μεταπόντιον
16.8245680969
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.
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
OSM Way 70083562
Representative location based on OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap (Way 70083562, version 8, osm:changeset=46549824, 2017-03-03T14:13:41Z)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
-750
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OSM location of Metapontum
2020-07-03T19:38:06-04:00
640
Pantanello
Davis 1990
Pleiades
bioarchaeology
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
1700
Pantanello
Pantanello is located in the chora of Metaponto, just below the slopes of the first major terrace of the territory. It is roughly halfway between the city and an important rural sanctuary at San Biagio.
Pantanello
2021-01-24T14:38:12-04:00
2100
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 E4 Metapontum
-750
Metapontum
Metapontum
2018-06-07T20:45:08-04:00
640
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
Pleiades
-30
Μεταπόντιον
Metapontion
Metapóntion
Metapontion
2020-12-17T14:38:17-04:00
300
DARMC 18616
1:500,000 scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
DARMC OBJECTID: 18616
-750
DARMC location 18616
2018-06-07T20:45:08-04:00
640