Historical place profile

Agatha

Agatha (modern Agde), also known as Agatha Tyche, was a colonial foundation of ca. 525 B.C. The colony was founded by Phocaean Greeks from Massilia.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:147985
Catalogue ID
pleiades:147985
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
43.305832, 3.473132
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Agatha (modern Agde), also known as Agatha Tyche, was a colonial foundation of ca. 525 B.C. The colony was founded by Phocaean Greeks from Massilia.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 A3 Agatha

Source and reuse

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Research path

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