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Syracusae/Syrakousai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Kali Kocian, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Faith Lubeck, Jonathan Prag, Kali Kocian, Sean Gillies, David Mimno, Jeffrey Mayfield

Last modified Jul 23, 2016 08:49 PM — History

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

An important ancient city on the island of Sicily.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0738645, 15.2718869278

Locations:

None

Names:

Siracusa (modern)
Syracusae (750 BC - AD 640)
Syracuse (modern)
Συράκουσαι (Syrakousai; 750 BC - AD 640)
Syrakus (modern)

Makes a connection with:

Sicilia (Roman province) (Attested dates needed)
Sicilia (island) (Attested dates needed)
Sicilia (late Roman province - deprecated) (Attested dates needed)

Has a connection with:

Altar of Hieron II (Attested dates needed)
Necropoli del Fusco (Attested dates needed)
Euryelos (Attested dates needed)
Catacombs of Syracuse (Attested dates needed)
Roman Amphitheater at Syracuse (Attested dates needed)
Roman Forum at Syracuse (Attested dates needed)
Catacomba di San Giovanni (Attested dates needed)
Greek Theater at Syracuse (550 BC - AD 640)
Temple of Apollo at Syracuse (Attested dates needed)
Euryelos (Attested dates needed)
So-called Roman Gymnasium at Syracuse (Attested dates needed)

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP 6C2 (Talbert 1511)

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Syracusae

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Siracusa/Syracuse

Alternate representations:
Atom, JSON, KML, KML (Neighborhood), RDF+XML, Turtle

Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Kali Kocian, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Faith Lubeck, Jonathan Prag, Kali Kocian, Sean Gillies, David Mimno, and Jeffrey Mayfield, 'Syracusae/Syrakousai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503> [accessed: 23 June 2017]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503 |title=Places: 462503 (Syracusae/Syrakousai) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=June 23, 2017 8:03 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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