Palus Caprae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 02, 2025 05:38 PM
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History
A site in the Campus Martius of Rome where mytho-historic tradition held that Romulus vanished during a storm, thus marking his apotheosis.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/577728240
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- Αἰγὸς ἕλος (Aigos Helos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Caprae palus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Palus Caprae part of (physical/topographic) Campus Martius (unspecified date range)
- Palus Caprae located at Roma (unspecified date range)
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wetland (swamp, marsh, or bog)
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Palus Caprae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/577728240> [accessed: 12 February 2026]
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