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Fossa Traiana

a Pleiades place resource

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The Fossa Traiana (Channel of Trajan) describes a canal of ca. 45 m width connected with the artificial harbors at Portus. Despite the name, its origins may lie in the Claudian harbor works. The cutting of the channel created an artificial island between Ostia and Portus, the so-called Isola Sacra.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/486975583

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.7709232, 12.2231012

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Fiumicino (Italian, modern)

Fossa Traiana makes connections with:

Fossa Traiana connection Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)

Fossa Traiana receives connections from:

None

Place type:
canal

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See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Isola Sacra

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Fossa Traiana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/486975583> [accessed: 18 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/486975583 |title=Places: 486975583 (Fossa Traiana) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 18, 2024 11:39 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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