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Aequimelium

a Pleiades place resource

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The Aequimelium was an open area on the southeast slope of the Capitoline Hill. This space may have once been the site of the house of one Spurius Maelius, a Roman citizen of the fifth century BCE who was slain for the crime of wanting to be a king (adfectatio regni).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/646121066

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8925778, 12.4822154

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Geographic Names:
- Aequimelium (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Aequimelium makes connections with:

Aequimelium located on Capitolinus Mons (unspecified date range)
Aequimelium located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Aequimelium receives connections from:

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Place type:
unlocated

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Wikidata Aequimelium (Q25383341)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Aequimelium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/646121066> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/646121066 |title=Places: 646121066 (Aequimelium) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 2:44 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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