City wall of Cosa
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 18, 2021 07:43 AM
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History
Cosa's polygonal masonry fortification wall, reinforced with interval towers, has a length of ca. 1500 meters. Traditionally the wall has been dated between ca. 273 and 264 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/615923349
42.4123717113, 11.2865573936
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of city wall (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of city wall curtain (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- City wall of Cosa located at Cosa (unspecified date range)
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wall (of a city), city wall
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Cosa's fortification wall, reinforced with interval towers, has a length of ca. 1500 meters. Traditionally the wall has been dated between ca. 273 and 264 B.C.
Jeffrey Becker, 'City wall of Cosa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/615923349> [accessed: 08 October 2024]
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