Portus Cosanus

a Pleiades place resource

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The harbor of the Latin colonial city of Cosa in south Etruria.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/831144251

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.4076939, 11.29406

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of harbor (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Portus Cosanus makes connections with:

Portus Cosanus part of (analytical) Ager Cosanus survey area (unspecified date range)
Portus Cosanus part of (physical/topographic) Cosa (unspecified date range)

Portus Cosanus receives connections from:

Tagliata Etrusca located at Portus Cosanus (unspecified date range)
Villa Marittima della Tagliata located near Portus Cosanus (unspecified date range)

Place type:
port

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Portus Cosanus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/831144251> [accessed: 13 July 2025]

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