Haluntium
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, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 05, 2018 09:59 PM
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History
An ancient settlement located between Tyndaris and Calacte. Some authors ascribe the foundation of the site to the Acarnanians.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462228
38.0739359, 14.6981291
- DARMC location 18492 (330 BC - AD 300)
- OSM location of Temple of Hercules (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Haluntium (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Ἀλόντιον (Haluntium: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- San Marco d'Alunzio (Italian, modern)
- Haluntium connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, temple
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F2 Haluntium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S. Marco d’Alunzio
A small, extramural Hellenistic temple that is traditionally identified as being sacred to Hercules lies outside the modern village. Of isodomic construction, it measures ca. 20 by 8 meters.
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Haluntium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462228> [accessed: 25 March 2019]
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