Mediolanum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 20, 2022 05:44 PM
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History
A town of southwest Gaul founded ca. 20 BC, Mediolanum Santonum was connected with the Roman road network that served Burdigala.
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http://3.22.44.247/places/138458
45.744175, -0.633389
- Representative Locations:
- Center point of commune Saintes (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Mediolanum (30 BC - AD 640)
- Saintes (modern)
- None
- Arch of Germanicus located at Mediolanum (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater of Saintes located at Mediolanum (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement, quarry
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 14 E3 Mediolanum
- Bedon 1984 84
- New Pauly [4] M. Santonum
- NotDig Oc. 11.28
- PECS (Perseus), MEDIOLANUM SANTONUM (Saintes) Charente-Maritime, France
- RE Santoni
- ToposText Mediolanum/Santonum (Gallia)
- Verno 1992
- Wikipedia (English) Mediolanum Santonum
- Wikipedia (English) Saintes, Charente-Maritime
- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 E3 Mediolanum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: settlement and quarry at Saintes
H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Mediolanum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <http://3.22.44.247/places/138458> [accessed: 05 July 2025]
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