Historical place profile

Aefula

Aefula was an ancient settlement of Latium that had disappeared by the time of Pliny the Elder, although the cult of Bona Dea there continued to flourish.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:422821
Catalogue ID
pleiades:422821
Place type
sanctuary, settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
41.917121, 12.870786
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Aefula was an ancient settlement of Latium that had disappeared by the time of Pliny the Elder, although the cult of Bona Dea there continued to flourish.

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 43 D2 Aefula

Source and reuse

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Research path

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