Aigousa (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag
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Aigousa Ins. - meaning 'goat island' - is an island west of Sicily that was the scene of a major naval engagement of the First Punic War.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462084
37.9310758, 12.3286129
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
- Aigousa (island) part of (physical/topographic) Aegates (islands) (unspecified date range)
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island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 A3 Aigousa Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Favignana
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, and Jonathan Prag, 'Aigousa (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462084> [accessed: 08 June 2023]
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