Pons Aurelius

a Pleiades place resource

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Last modified Dec 07, 2025 10:41 AM — History

The Pons Aurelius is known only from late Roman documents (fourth and fifth centuries CE) and is most likely the same bridge known as pons Antoninus in the early Middle Ages. The present-day Ponte Sisto (built in the fifteenth century) reused some of the ancient Roman bridge piers.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/726542220

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.2853232058, 12.3991425867

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Pons Aurelius (Latin, unspecified date range)

Pons Aurelius makes connections with:

Pons Aurelius located at Roma (unspecified date range)
Pons Aurelius crosses Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)

Pons Aurelius receives connections from:

Ponte Sisto succeeds Pons Aurelius (unspecified date range)

Place type:
bridge

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Related:

Arachne Pons Aurelius (Ponte Sisto) mit Petersdom

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Pons Aurelius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/726542220> [accessed: 10 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/726542220 |title=Places: 726542220 (Pons Aurelius) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 10, 2025 7:45 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}