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
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 11, 2024 10:52 AM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442797
41.60764915, 15.89285425
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 18888 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- None
- Roman amphitheater at Sipous/Sipontum located at Sipous/Sipontum (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
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, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442797> [accessed: 18 April 2024]
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