Pallantium

a Pleiades place resource

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Last modified Jan 24, 2025 05:52 PM — History

Legend held that Pallantium, founded by Evander of Pallene, was located near the Tiber and was an urban precursor of the city of Rome. The site is most famously discussed in the Aeneid of Virgil.

500 km

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/85950399

Locations:

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Names:

Geographic Names:
- Pallantium (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Pallantium makes connections with:

None

Pallantium receives connections from:

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Place type:
unlocated, settlement

References:

Evidence:

Liv. (OCT: PHI) 1.5.1.2

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Pallantium

Related:

Wikidata Pallantium (Q3361493)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Pallantium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/85950399> [accessed: 27 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/85950399 |title=Places: 85950399 (Pallantium) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 27, 2025 5:00 am |publisher=Pleiades}}