Historical place profile
Halaesa
Halaesa is located on the north coast of Sicily between between Kalakta and Kephaloidion. The city was founded in 403 B.C. by Archonides of Herbita. The city sided with Rome during the First Punic War and was made "libera et immunis". By the Augustan period it had become a municipium.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462225
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462225
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.998710, 14.262592
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Halaesa is located on the north coast of Sicily between between Kalakta and Kephaloidion. The city was founded in 403 B.C. by Archonides of Herbita. The city sided with Rome during the First Punic War and was made "libera et immunis". By the Augustan period it had become a municipium.
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 47 E3 Halaesa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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