Col de Perthus, Le Perthus

Description

This Roman road station "at the Pyrenees" or "Top of the Pyrenees" is attested in inscriptions, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Peutinger Map. It was located at the Coll del Pertús, a pass now on the modern French/Spanish border, and modern scholars tend to assume it was coincident with (or very near) the modern border town of Le Perthus.

Evidence

• TP (Talbert: CUP) 1B2 (Talbert 774)

  Talbert, Richard. “Database: Peutinger Map Names and Features, with Commentary and User’s Guide.” In Explore the Peutinger Map. Cambridge UP, 2010. http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/prm.html.

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• ItAnt (Cuntz) 390.2 (page 60): Ad Pyreneum

  Cuntz, Otto, ed. Itineraria Antonini Augusti et Burdigalense. Itineraria Romana 1. Leipzig: Teubner, 1929. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/936644063.

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See Further

• BAtlas 25 H3 Ad Pyrenaeum/Summus Pyrenaeus

  Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.

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• TIR Tarraco 150

  Cepas, Adela, Joseph Guitart i Duran, and Guillermo Fatás Cabeza. Tabula Imperii Romani: K/J-31 Pyrénées Orientales/Baleares: Tarraco - Baliares. Tabula Imperii Romani, K/J-31. Pyreneés Orientales-Baleares. Madrid: Ministerio de Fomento: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura CSIC : Institut D’Estudis Catalans, 1997. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40415507.

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• Smith 1854 (Perseus) SUMMUS PYRENAEUS

  Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Murray, 1854. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064.

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