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Tarentum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 04, 2026 10:17 AM — History

Located at the northwestern margin of the Campus Martius, the Tarentum was a sacred precinct that enclosed an altar of Dis and Proserpina that was subterranean.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/890225769

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tarentum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Tarentum makes connections with:

Tarentum part of (analytical) Campus Martius (unspecified date range)
Tarentum located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Tarentum receives connections from:

None

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center)

References:

Evidence:

Fest. (Linsday; PHI) 329.40

See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Tarentum (Q3981110)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Filippo Coarelli has suggested that fragment 672 of the Severan marble plan depicts the Tarentum.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tarentum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/890225769> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/890225769 |title=Places: 890225769 (Tarentum) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 3:38 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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