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Plataean Tumulus (Marathon)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling

Last modified Mar 02, 2025 11:32 AM — History

A tumulus at Marathon associated with the Boeotian Plataeans. Marinatos identified the mound in 1970. It rises to a height of about 3 meters.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774102407

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.1232299, 23.949001

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tumulus of the Plataeans (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- τάφος Πλαταιεῦσι (taphos Plataieusi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Plataean Tumulus (Marathon) makes connections with:

None

Plataean Tumulus (Marathon) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tumulus

References:

Evidence:

Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 1.32.3

See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Tumulus of the Plataeans (Q119056952)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Plataean Tumulus (Marathon): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774102407> [accessed: 11 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/774102407 |title=Places: 774102407 (Plataean Tumulus (Marathon)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 11, 2025 5:50 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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