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Aegaeum Mare

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Classical Atlas Project Office, G. Reger

Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 03, 2026 10:11 PM — History

The Aegean Sea is the largest body of water between Greece and Asia Minor and an embayment of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560221

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.9139570674, 24.9172407527

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aegaeum mare (Aegaeum Mare: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Aegaeum pelagus (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Aegean Sea (English, modern)
- Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος, τὸ (Aigaion pelagos (to): Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- IGEVM MARE (Igeum Mare: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Aegaeum Mare makes connections with:

Aegaeum Mare abuts Attica (unspecified date range)
Aegaeum Mare communicates with Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
Less than certain: Aegaeum Mare bounds Mysia (region) (unspecified date range)

Aegaeum Mare receives connections from:

Akrite (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Andros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Antikythera (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Ar(ai)ai Inss. located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Argolicus Sinus communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Asia (Roman province) abuts Aegaeum Mare (330 BC - AD 300)
Asia Minor abuts Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Athos/Akte (peninsula) abuts Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Axios (river) flows into Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Bouros-Kastri peninsula abuts Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Cayster (river) flows into Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Chalke Island connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Chios (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Cyclades Islands connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Cythera (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Daskalio located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Delos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Dimastos? (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Ephyra? (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Euboicus Sinus communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Gyaros (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Harmedon? (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Hellespont (strait) communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Hermus (river) flows into Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Heteireia? (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Hierakia (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Hydroussa/Hydrea (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Hyetousa (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Ikarion Mare communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Ikaros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Ios (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Kalydnai/Lagusae (islands) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Karpathos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Kasos (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Kimolos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Korsiai (islands) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Lagousa (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Lebinthos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Lekton/Lectum abuts Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Lepsia (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Leros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Lesbos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Maliacus Sinus communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Melanteioi Skopeloi (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Melos (island) located in Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Myrtoion Mare communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Narthecusa (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Naxos (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Nisyros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
Oliaros (island) connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
water, open

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 57 C2 Aegaeum Mare

Details:

This sea appears in the Barrington Atlas as map 57 grid C2, Aegaeum Mare.

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Suggested citation:
Classical Atlas Project Office, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Aegaeum Mare: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560221> [accessed: 18 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/560221 |title=Places: 560221 (Aegaeum Mare) |author=Atlas Project Office, C., G. Reger |accessdate=May 18, 2026 11:06 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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