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Assorus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, Sean Gillies

Last modified Oct 18, 2024 05:26 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Assorus was a settlement of the Siculi in interior Sicily that never received a Greek colony.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462106

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.6279049, 14.4238862

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Assoro (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Asaro (Italian, modern)
- Assoro (Italian, modern)
- Ἄσσωρος (Assoros: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Assorum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Assorus (330 BC - AD 300)

Assorus makes connections with:

Assorus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Assorus receives connections from:

Leonforte connection Assorus (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E3 Assorus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Assoro

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and Sean Gillies, 'Assorus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462106> [accessed: 23 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462106 |title=Places: 462106 (Assorus) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=April 23, 2025 5:14 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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