Sipous/Sipontum
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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Last modified
Nov 13, 2025 08:12 PM
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History
Sipous/Sipontum was a Greek colony that fell first under Samnite control, then was later taken by Alexander of Epirus. The site became a Roman colony in 189 BC. Legend ascribed its foundation to the hero Diomedes.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442797
41.609389939, 15.8906336309
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Parco archeologico di Siponto (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Roman amphitheater at Sipous/Sipontum located at Sipous/Sipontum (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
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- Arachne Sipontum (Σιπους) colonie Grecque : Travers 1903
- Arachne Sipontum Foggia (Provinz) (Sipontum), Italien
- DARMC 18888
- EDH Geographic Database G001514: Sipontum
- GeoNames 3166503: Siponto
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 302: Siponto
- TGN 7004148: Siponto (deserted settlement)
- TM GEO ID 32537: Sipontum (Siponto)
- Wikidata Siponto (Q1973358)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 C1 Sipous/Sipontum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Siponto
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sipous/Sipontum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442797> [accessed: 16 December 2025]
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