Coemeterium Maius
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 16, 2020 01:21 PM
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History
A major Roman necropolis and catacomb along the Via Nomentana.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649091261
41.891775, 12.486137
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- Catacomba maggiore (Italian, modern)
- Coemeterium Maius (Latin, AD 300 - AD 1453)
- Coemeterium Maius located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Coemeterium Maius located on Via Nomentana (unspecified date range)
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
- See Further:
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- Borg, B. E. 2013. Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century CE Rome. Oxford University Press.
- De Santis L. and G. Biamonte. 1997. Le catacombe di Roma: una tra le più affascinanti e suggestive testimonianze troppo spesso poco conosciute che la fede dei primi cristiani ha lasciato ai posteri. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. pp. 206-214.
- Fasola, U.M. 1955–56. “Le recenti scoperte agiografiche nel Coemeterium Majus.” Rend. Pont. Acc. 28: 85–86
- Wikipedia (Italian) Catacomba maggiore
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Coemeterium Maius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649091261> [accessed: 21 September 2023]
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