Sopatma
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 31, 2026 10:04 PM
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History
One of three "emporia" listed in the PME and placed by it after (i.e., northward from) Kamara and Poduke. BAtlas identified it firmly with modern Marakanam, but Dayalan more recently asserts it might be tentatively identified with Mamallapuram.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50278
12.188994, 79.942282
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3559 (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Σωπάτμα (Sopatma: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Uncertain: Sopatma same as Mamallapuram (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Sopatma located at Marakkanam (unspecified date range)
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None
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D4 Sopatma
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Marakanam
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Sopatma: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50278> [accessed: 17 October 2026]
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