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Messina

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jonathan Prag

Last modified Jun 16, 2022 10:22 AM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Messina

Name as attested:

Messina

Language:
Italian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

GeoNames: 2524170

See Further:

BAtlas 47 H2 Zancle/Messana
BTCGI X, 1-65
Manni 1981, 242-44
Wikipedia (Italian) Messina

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Zancle/Messana is listed as "Messina" in the BTCGI. The identification with the modern city of Messina is also recognised by Manni 1981 and the BAtlas

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