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Ara Maxima Herculis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 26, 2020 01:06 PM — History

tags: Hercules, Altar, Herakles

An early cult center connected with Herakles located in Rome's Forum Boarium.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/207271757

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8895717934, 12.482909491

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ara Maxima (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- ara magna Herculis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Ara Maxima Herculis makes connections with:

Ara Maxima Herculis part of (analytical) Forum Boarium (at Rome) (unspecified date range)
Ara Maxima Herculis part of (analytical) Regio XI (Circus Maximus) (unspecified date range)
Ara Maxima Herculis located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Ara Maxima Herculis receives connections from:

Less than certain: Santa Maria in Cosmedin succeeds Ara Maxima Herculis (unspecified date range)

Place type:
shrine

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Related:

Wikidata Q1145802: Great Altar of Hercules

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Ara Maxima Herculis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/207271757> [accessed: 04 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/207271757 |title=Places: 207271757 (Ara Maxima Herculis) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=July 4, 2025 1:30 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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