Historical place profile
Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium
Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium (modern Ventimiglia) was the main settlement of the Ligurian tribe of the Intemelii. In the 2nd century BC, it came under the control of the Roman Republic. Albintimilium became a municipium in 89 BC in the tribus Falerna. In the same period, the city walls were built, with several towers. The city flourished in the early Imperial period, with baths, an aqueduct, and a theater. In the 6th and early 7th century, it was a Byzantine kastron, coming under the control of the Longobards in 641. During the 7th and 8th centuries, the Roman city was slowly abandoned in favour of a smaller hilltop settlement focused around the Cathedral.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:157802
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:157802
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 43.789146, 7.625772
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium (modern Ventimiglia) was the main settlement of the Ligurian tribe of the Intemelii. In the 2nd century BC, it came under the control of the Roman Republic. Albintimilium became a municipium in 89 BC in the tribus Falerna. In the same period, the city walls were built, with several towers. The city flourished in the early Imperial period, with baths, an aqueduct, and a theater. In the 6th and early 7th century, it was a Byzantine kastron, coming under the control of the Longobards in 641. During the 7th and 8th centuries, the Roman city was slowly abandoned in favour of a smaller hilltop settlement focused around the Cathedral.
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 16 E2 Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium
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Research path
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