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Roman theater of Herculaneum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

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tags: theater, extant remains

The Roman theater of Herculaneum was constructed during the Augustan period. The theater was discovered first in 1709 while a well was being dug.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835972236

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.8082328, 14.3477597

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Roman theater (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Teatro romano di Ercolano (Italian, modern)

Roman theater of Herculaneum makes connections with:

Roman theater of Herculaneum located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)

Roman theater of Herculaneum receives connections from:

None

Place type:
theatre, theater

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Related:

Wikidata Q16612568: theatre of Herculaneum

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Roman theater of Herculaneum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835972236> [accessed: 06 October 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835972236 |title=Places: 835972236 (Roman theater of Herculaneum) |author=Becker, J., T. Elliott |accessdate=October 6, 2024 9:12 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Roman theater of Herculaneum