Magea Fons
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).
Last modified
Jun 16, 2022 11:25 AM
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History
A spring, mentioned by Pliny the Elder, in the territory of Syracuse. Its precise location has not been determined by modern scholars.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/465949
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)
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- Magea fons (Magea Fons: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Magea Fons located near Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, spring
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 Magea Fons
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Syracuse
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Magea Fons: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/465949> [accessed: 20 February 2025]
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