*Moridunum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert
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*Moridunum (Carmarthen) was the civitas capital of the Demetae in Roman Wales.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79602
51.859253, -4.3034705
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 7625 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Moridunum (30 BC - AD 640)
- *Moridunum capital of Demetai (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at *Moridunum located at *Moridunum (unspecified date range)
settlement
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 8 C3 *Moridunum
- EDH G029998: Moridunum – Carmarthen
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 482
- PECS (Perseus) MORIDUNUM (Carmarthen) Wales
- RBrit Moridvnvm [demetarvm] British Tribal City Carmarthen, Dyfed
- Rivet 1979 p. 422 no. 2
- ToposText Moridunum (Britannia)
- Wacher 1995 391-94
- Wikipedia (English) Moridunum (Carmarthen)
- Wikipedia (English) Moridunum (Carmarthen)
- coflein 94432
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 C3 *Moridunum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Carmarthen
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, and R. Talbert, '*Moridunum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79602> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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Moridunum, with an O, is a modern consensus spelling that differs subtly from Μαριδουνον, with an A, by Ptolemy, and Muriduno, with a U, in the Antonine Itinerary. Moriduno, with an O, is attested at Gittisham.