Historical place profile
Kallipolis/Anxa
Kallipolis/Anxa in legend was said to have been founded by Idomeneus of Crete, while Pliny the Elder credits Senonian Gauls as founders. It is most likely that the site was a Messapic settlement.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:442625
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:442625
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.056251, 17.978842
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Kallipolis/Anxa in legend was said to have been founded by Idomeneus of Crete, while Pliny the Elder credits Senonian Gauls as founders. It is most likely that the site was a Messapic settlement.
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 45 G4 Kallipolis/Anxa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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