Naustathmus Portus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 15, 2022 11:54 PM
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History
An ancient port on the east coast of Sicily, mentioned by Pliny. It is probably to be associated with modern Fontane Bianche.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462385
36.9645478, 15.2231642
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of modern Fontane Bianche (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Naustathmus Portus (30 BC - AD 300)
- Naustathmus Portus part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
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port, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G5 Naustathmus Portus?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Fontane Bianche
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Naustathmus Portus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462385> [accessed: 13 March 2025]
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