Pleiades Change Log: 2012-09-01

Modified Place Resources

Abila M.

A low mountain overlooking the port of Ceuta in North Africa.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Acqua Acetosa

A settlement along the Via Laurentina that has yielded significant evidence for protohistoric occupation, including funereal evidence of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium

Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium (modern Ventimiglia) was the main settlement of the Ligurian tribe of the Intemelii. In the 2nd century BC it came under control of the Roman Republic. Albintimilium became a municipium in 89 BC in the tribus Falerna. In the same period the city walls were built, with several towers. The city flourished in the early Imperial period, with baths, an acqueduct and a theater. In the 6th and early 7th century it was a Byzantine kastron, coming under control of the Longobards in 641. During the 7th and 8th century the Roman city was slowly abandoned in favour of a smaller hilltop settlement focused around the Cathedral.
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: new name
Actors: Stefano Costa
Amaras

An ancient settlement and early Christian site, now occupied partly by an Armenian Apostolic monastery and its 18th century church.
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: improved coordinates, descriptions, and details
Actors: Tom Elliott
Ancient Villa at Homs, Libya

Ancient name unknown.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe
Modifications: improved title and description, indicating context is libya
Actors: Tom Elliott
Ardea

Ardea was an ancient settlement of the Rutuli in Latium.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Ardotalia (Zerdotalia)

A Roman fort of the first and second centuries A.D. at present day Melandra Castle.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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[Basra]

An Arabian city of lower Mesopotamia, located some 420 km south-east of Baghdad.
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors: P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Francis Deblauwe
Bouthroton

Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Fu, Gabriel Bodard, Taylor Harrison, Noura Alavi, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: improved description, references, locations; initial revision
Actors: Tom Elliott
Bremetennacum Veteranorum

A Roman auxiliary fort at present day Ribchester
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: description, location, references
Actors: Tom Elliott
Brocavum

A Roman fort at modern Brougham in the UK (sometimes called Brougham Castle Roman Fort).
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: baseline created; description; initial revision; references
Actors: Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott
Capreae

Settlement on the island of Capreae.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Castra Praetorii Mobeni

Castra Praetorii Mobeni was a Roman fort associated with the Limes Arabicus.
Creators: S.T. Parker
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, René Voorburg, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: René Voorburg
Civita di Artena

The remains of an ancient fortified center close to the town of Artena, Italy. The original settlement, of uncertain name, may have been established by the Volsci; both Ecetra and Fortinum have been suggested. The modern village was known as Monte Fortino until 1873.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Clusium

Clusium, the Etruscan Clevsin (modern Chiusi), was a major city of Etruria. Lars Porsena was a sixth century B.C. king of Clusium.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Combretovium

Combretovium is a 60 hectare open settlement, with occupation from the late Iron Age and Claudian periods through to the middle of the fourth century.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added fort
Actors: Tom Elliott
Danum?

A Roman auxiliary fort at present day Doncaster, cited: BAtlas 8 F1 Danum?
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: improved description, location, references
Actors: Tom Elliott
Dreros

An ancient Greek settlement near modern Neapoli in the Lasithi region of Crete (about 15km northwest of Agios Nikolaos).
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Robert Consoli, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: baseline created; better description; initial revision; wikipedia and pecs references
Actors: Tom Elliott
Kikynethos

Mythical city
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: R. Talbert, G. Reger, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: improve description, add missing re reference
Actors: Sean Gillies
La Bastida

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E3 La Bastida
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
La Giostra

A fortified site on the Via Appia dating to the Republican period.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited description
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Lambaesis

A Roman settlement established in the second century A.D. as the legionary base of Legio III Augusta
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited description; refined coordinates
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Larinum

A settlement of Apulia that originated with the Samnites and Frentani and later came under Roman influence. During the Second Punic War, the Romans defeated Hannibal at Larinum. The settlement eventually gained Roman municipal status.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Lucus Feroniae

A sanctuary and grove of Feronia and an associated settlement located along the Via Tiberina in the territory of Capena.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, Jonathan Weiland, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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‘Medibogdo’

A Roman fort at present-day Hardknott.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added.; baseline created; fixed a typo in description and added references
Actors: Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott
Nemausus

Nemausus (modern Nîmes) was the ancient capital of the Volcae Arecomici and later a Roman colony.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Sean Gillies
Norba

Norba, located in the Monti Lepini, was a member of the Latin League (ca. 499 B.C.) and became a Latin colony ca. 492 B.C. The city was destroyed in the early first century B.C.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added connection; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Osteria dell’Osa

The site of a major Iron Age necropolis (Latial chronology) composed of over 600 burials.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references, changed description
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Podere Cosciano

Etrusco-Roman farm site
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Poggio Civitate (Murlo)

An Etruscan elite complex of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. located at Poggio Civitate, a hill adjacent to the medieval town of Murlo and about 25 km south of Siena.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference; edited; edited description; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Pompeii

An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Bodard, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Ponte dell'Abbadia

An ancient bridge over the Fiora river (the ancient Armenta) near Vulci. Ancient name unknown.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added connection; edited description
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Quintilii

A suburban villa built by Sextus Quintilius Maximus and Sextus Quintilius Condianus (consuls in A.D. 151).
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Jonathan Fu, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added modern name; edited description; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Roman Villa and Medieval Settlement at Piazza Armerina

The so-called "Villa Romana del Casale" (of Roman date) and the nearby settlement of Piazza Armerina, which seems to have been occupied by survivors from the villa site after it was destroyed in an earthquake in the early middle ages. The villa is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its famous mosaics.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: DARMC, Robert Consoli, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Tom Elliott
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros

A major sanctuary complex, with extensive surviving archaeological remains, located approximately 8km from the ancient city of Epidauros in Greece. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: R. Connor McLauchlan, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Rachaelle L Browning, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Joel Kent
Modifications: added better title and description and a proper location; edited
Actors: Tom Elliott
Scammos

An ancient settlement on the eastern bank of the Nile, located between Meroe and the fifth cataract. Probably modern Berber in Sudan.
Creators: N.B. Millet
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe
Modifications: baseline created; description, tm reference; sudan
Actors: Tom Elliott
Speluncae

An ancient grotto, associated with the nearby Villa Tiberii, at the modern Italian town of Sperlonga.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added location
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Tarracina(e)/Anxur

A strategic Volscian city that had come under Roman control by 509 B.C.; a Roman citizen colony was established there in 329 B.C. The site is particularly notable for the remains of the terraced sanctuary of Iuppiter Anxur.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Tell Beydar

Tell Beydar (ancient Nabada) is an archaeological site in NE Syria that was first settled ca. 2600 BC.
Creators: Francis Deblauwe
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Valeria Vitale, Gabriel Bodard
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Francis Deblauwe
Templebrough

At Templebrough an archaeological sequence of three superimposed Roman forts and a vicus were discovered. The first fort dates ca. A.D. 43.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: description, references
Actors: Tom Elliott
Temple East of Lavinium

From the 5th century BC.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Temple of Jupiter Anxur

A late Republican sanctuary of the city of Terracina that is typically dated ca. 100-70 B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Contributors: Sean Gillies
Modifications: added location
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Thamugadi

A Roman colonial town founded in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. The city's full name was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Tour Magne

Situated atop Mount Cavalier, the so-called "Tour Magne" is a tower on the fortified walls of ancient Nemausus. The tower dates to the time of Augustus.
Creators: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
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Tripolis

The Phoenicians established a commercial outpost at Tripolis (Tripoli) in the ninth century BC. An independent city during the Hellenistic period, Tripolis came under Roman control in 64 BC.
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Bahadir Duman, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added name; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Tusculum

Tusculum was a Latin city of the Alban Hills in central Italy. After 381 BC Tusculum became the first "municipium cum suffragio".
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Valvisciolo

An Iron Age settlement and necropolis located in the Monti Lepini near the abbey of Valvisciolo, characterized by polygonal masonry terrace walls. While the ancient name of the site is unknown, various proposals have been raised, including Sulmo (Savignoni, Mengarelli) and Pometia (Ogilvie). The settlement corresponds to the Latial II B phase and occupation ends ca. the late sixth century B.C.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added connection
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Villa Maxentii

A complex on the Via Appia constructed by Maxentius in the early fourth century A.D.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited feature type
Actors: Jeffrey Becker
Virosidum

A Roman fort at present-day Bainbridge.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Scott Vanderbilt, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added.; new polygon location, more references
Actors: Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott

Pleiades Change Log: 2012-09-01 - 2012-09-31

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