Alesiai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes
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Apr 12, 2024 05:00 PM
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History
An ancient settlement of Lakonia, mentioned by Pausanias and placed by him to the southwest of Sparta. It is probably to be localized in the vicinity of modern Ag. Ioannis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570063
37.0504715735, 22.4070659853
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM Location: modern Κοινότητα Αγίου Ιωάννου Λακεδαίμονος (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἀλεσίαι (Alesiai: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Less than certain: Άγιος Ιωάννης (Aghios Ioannis: Modern Greek, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 C3 Alesiai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Ag. Ioannis
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, and Greta Hawes, 'Alesiai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570063> [accessed: 13 March 2025]
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