Samnite Palaestra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 11, 2020 01:03 PM
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History
tags:
Doric
The so-called "Samnite Palaestra" (VIII, 7, 29) lies behind the temple of Isis. A dedication in the Oscan language dates to the second half of the second century BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/939537684
40.7490243, 14.488222
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Palestra Sannitica" (30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Samnite Palaestra connection Pompeii (unspecified date range)
- Samnite Palaestra part of (analytical) Regio VIII, Pompeii (modern)
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palaistra
Pleiades
The complex has a rectangular plan with porticoes on three sides.
Athanasia Varveri, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Samnite Palaestra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/939537684> [accessed: 23 September 2023]
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