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Morgantina

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

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

Last modified Feb 05, 2024 11:17 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, extant remains, dare:feature=major settlement

An indigenous Sicilian site founded by the Morgeti, according to Strabo, Morgantina was eventually defeated by Syracuse and thus, in turn, passed into Roman hegemony in the third century B.C.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462372

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.4288453808, 14.4769822201

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Morgantina (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Morgantina (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Μοργαντίνα (Morgantina: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Morgantina (English, modern)
- Μοργάντιον (Morgantium: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Morgyna (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Murgentia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Serra Orlando (Italian, modern)
Ethnic Names:
- Μόργητες (Morgetes: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Morgantina makes connections with:

Morgantina connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

Morgantina receives connections from:

Ekklesiasterion of Morgantina connection Morgantina (330 BC - 30 BC)
Greek theater of Morgantina located at Morgantina (unspecified date range)
Morgantina, House of Ganymede part of (physical/topographic) Morgantina (330 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

Smith 1854 (Perseus) MORGÉTES

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E4 Morgantina

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Serra Orlando (contra Manni 1981, 204-205)

In the twentieth century, the site has been the locus of excavations carried out by a series of academic missions, including those of Princeton University, the University of Illinois, Wesleyan University, and the University of Virginia.

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Morgantina: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462372> [accessed: 16 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462372 |title=Places: 462372 (Morgantina) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=April 16, 2024 4:31 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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