Lucos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified May 22, 2025 11:17 PM — History

Now unlocated, Lucos was a statio located on the Via Herculia near Potentia in south Italy.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/446262

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.637601, 15.801741

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (AD 300 - AD 640)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Lvcos (Lucos: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Lucos makes connections with:

Lucos located near Potentia (unspecified date range)
Lucos located on Via Herculia (unspecified date range)

Lucos receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, station (road or coastal)

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 5B5 (Talbert 1354)

See Further:

Related:

TM GEO ID 41934: Lucos

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 Lucos

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: statio on Via Herculia near Potentia

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Suggested citation:
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Lucos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/446262> [accessed: 14 June 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/446262 |title=Places: 446262 (Lucos) |author=Edlund Berry, I., A. Small |accessdate=June 14, 2026 9:18 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}