Acrae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Talbert
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 29, 2018 10:48 AM
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History
Akrai, an ancient city of Sicily, originated as a colony founded by Syracuse in 664 B.C., making it the first of the city's three colonial foundations.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/462068
37.058593475, 14.896706425
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of modern Palazzolo Acreide (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Archaeological area of Akrai (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARMC location 18153 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Acrae (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ἄκραι (Akrai: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Palazzolo Acreide (Italian, modern)
- Acrae connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Ancient Greek theater at Palazzolo Acreide located at Acrae (unspecified date range)
- Aphrodision at Akrai located at Acrae (550 BC - AD 300)
settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F4 Acrae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Palazzolo Acreide
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, and R. Talbert, 'Acrae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/462068> [accessed: 04 July 2025]
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