Marakkanam

a Pleiades place resource

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A modern town in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu that was firmly identified in the Barrington Atlas as the location of an emporion named "Sopatma", mentioned in the PME.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/830472708

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
12.1959326, 79.9441819

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Marakkanam (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Marakkanam makes connections with:

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Marakkanam receives connections from:

Less than certain: Sopatma located at Marakkanam (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement-modern

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Wikidata Marakkanam (Q2554778)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Marakkanam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/830472708> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/830472708 |title=Places: 830472708 (Marakkanam) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 3:35 am |publisher=Pleiades}}