Calleva
a Pleiades
place
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Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
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Calleva Atrebatum (known as Silchester Roman Town) was an Iron Age oppidum and Roman town in Britannia. It was the civitas capital of the Atrebates tribe.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79368
51.3572048631, -1.08239136468
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- OSM location of Calleva Atrebatum (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Calleva (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Calleva Atrebatum (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Silchester Roman Town (English, modern)
- Calleva capital of Atrebates (unspecified date range)
- Calleva connection Ermin Street (AD 43 - AD 410)
- Roman amphitheater at Calleva Atrebatum located at Calleva (unspecified date range)
settlement
- See Further:
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- Allen 2013
- BAtlas 8 F3 Calleva
- Cleary 2017
- Cook et al. 2014
- Crummy and Hurst 1999
- Fulford 1987
- Fulford 2021
- Fulford 2025
- Fulford et al. 2012
- Fulford et al. 2018
- New Pauly Calleva Atrebatum (M. Todd)
- OCD Online Calleva Atrebatum (Courtenay Edward Stevens and Martin Millett)
- PECS (Perseus) CALLEVA ATREBATUM (Silchester) Hampshire, England
- PastScape Monument no. 241057
- RBrit Calleva Atrebatvm British Tribal City Silchester, Hampshire
- RIB Online 1037 ‒ Calleva Atrebatum
- Silchester Insula IX
- Silchester Roman Town - The Insula IX Town Life Project The Victorian Excavations of 1893
- ToposText Calleva Atrebatum (Britannia)
- University of Reading, Silchester Roman Town
- Wacher 1995 271-91
- Wikipedia (English) Calleva Atrebatum
- Related:
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- Arachne Calleva Atrebatum Hampshire, Großbritannien und Nordirland, Europa
- AtlHillforts EN4032 Calleva Atrebatum, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Silchester (The Inner Earthwork))
- DARE 20682
- DARMC 20098
- EDH Geographic Database G004227: Calleva Atrebatum – Silchester
- GeoNames 6286335: Silchester amphitheatre
- NHLE 1011957: The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features
- TGN 8711966: Silchester Roman Town (deserted settlement)
- TM GEO ID 14775: Calleva (Silchester)
- Wikidata Calleva Atrebatum (Q1027253)
- Wikidata Silchester (Samian Ware Discovery Site) (Q103195468)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2083048: Calleva Atrebatum
- vici.org 95025: Silchester
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 F3 Calleva
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Silchester
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, 'Calleva: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79368> [accessed: 11 April 2026]
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