Historical place profile
Aequum Tuticum/Equus Tuticus
Aequum Tuticum/Equus Tuticus was an ancient Oscan town. The settlement was located near the intersection of the Via Traiana and the Via Herculia in the territory of the Hirpini. The site is now in the territory of the modern Italian town of Ariano Irpino.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:442452
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:442452
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.152484, 15.087531
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Aequum Tuticum/Equus Tuticus was an ancient Oscan town. The settlement was located near the intersection of the Via Traiana and the Via Herculia in the territory of the Hirpini. The site is now in the territory of the modern Italian town of Ariano Irpino.
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 B2 Aequum Tuticum/Equus Tuticus
Source and reuse
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Research path
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