Ietas
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, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
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History
Located in western Sicily, Ietas has a long and complex history. The settlement is today located within the municipality of San Cipirello, atop Mount Iato in the hinterland of Palermo. Elymians occupied this site beginning in the eighth century BCE, with the urbanized area eventually covering some 40 hectares. Greek influence becomes apparent in the sixth century. Western Sicily came under Carthaginian control during the fourth century BCE. Pyrrhus attacked Ietas in 275 BCE. During the First Punic War, Ietas surrendered to the Romans and, according to Plutarch, became a tributary state. The site was destroyed by Frederick II in 1246 and abandoned.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462258
37.9672677566, 13.1982317836
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Parco Archeologico di Monte Iato (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 18045 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Iaitas (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ἰαιτία (Iaitía: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Ietas (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Monte Iato (Italian, modern)
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- Iaetenses (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ietas connection Elymi (unspecified date range)
- Ietas connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Bouleuterion at Ietas located at Ietas (unspecified date range)
- Greek theater, Monte Iato located at Ietas (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site, theatre, theater
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 47 C3 Ietas
- BTCGI X, 368-75 (Hans-Peter Isler)
- IL PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI MONTE IATO
- Isler 1991
- Monte Iato, Sicily
- New Pauly Iaitia (G. Falco)
- New Pauly Ietae (E. Olshausen)
- Riehle 2023
- Studia Ietina
- ToposText Ietas (Sicily)
- TrecEnc Isler, H. P. 1995. "Monte Iato." in Enciclopedia dell' Arte Antica.
- Wikipedia (English) Ietas
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 C3 Ietas
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte Iato
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Ietas: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462258> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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