Acrillae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 15, 2022 02:49 PM
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History
A Greek colony founded in Sicily ca. 598 B.C., Acrillae was an important economic center. In 213 B.C. the Roman consul M. Claudius Marcellus fought an engagement against the Syracusans there.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462069
37.0319325, 14.7017465
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18154 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Less than certain: OSM location of Chiaramonte Gulfi (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Chiaramonte Gulfi (Italian, modern)
- Acrillae connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F4 Acrillae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Chiaramonte Gulfi
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Jonathan Prag, 'Acrillae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462069> [accessed: 20 January 2025]
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