Historical place profile
Agnone
Agnone is a comune in the Italian province of Isernia, in the Molise region. It lies about 53 km (33 miles) northwest of Campobasso. An ancient center of Oscan-Samnite culture, Agnone is known particularly as the namesake of the third-century BCE "Agnone tablet" that was discovered at Fonte di Romito.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:432656
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:432656
- Place type
- defensive-wall, sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.810653, 14.383245
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Agnone is a comune in the Italian province of Isernia, in the Molise region. It lies about 53 km (33 miles) northwest of Campobasso. An ancient center of Oscan-Samnite culture, Agnone is known particularly as the namesake of the third-century BCE "Agnone tablet" that was discovered at Fonte di Romito.
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 44 F2 Agnone
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