Velathri/Volaterrae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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A major Etruscan city of North Etruria.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/403292
43.401604, 10.8600625
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18992 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Οὐολατέρρα (Ouolatérra: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉, velaθri (Velathri: In Latin characters Etruscan, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Volaterrae (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Volterra (Italian, modern)
- Velathri/Volaterrae part of (regional) Etruria/Tuscia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Etruscan acropolis at Volaterrae located at Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
- Porta all'Arco located at Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
- Portone necropolis at Volaterrae connection Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Volaterrae located at Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
- Roman bath at Volaterrae connection Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Volaterrae located at Velathri/Volaterrae (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- ASAT 187-97
- BAtlas 41 D3 Velathri/Volaterrae
- Benvenuti 2016
- Bonamici and Sorge 2021
- Giua 1996
- Limina 2021
- New Pauly Volaterrae
- Oxford Classical Dictionary: Volaterrae (Etr. Velaθri; mod. Volterra)
- PECS (Perseus) VOLATERRAE (Volterra) Tuscany, Italy
- Rajala 2018
- Roller 2017 232
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) VOLATERRAE
- Taccola 2017
- Terrenato 1998
- Terrenato 2012
- ToposText Volaterrae (Etruria)
- Wikipedia (English) Volterra
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 41 D3 Velathri/Volaterrae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Volterra
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Velathri/Volaterrae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/403292> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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