Historical place profile
Ameria (Umbria)
Ameria, claimed by Cato the Elder (quoted by Pliny) as the oldest town in Umbria, was an important center that may have gained Roman municipal status as early as 338 B.C., following the Latin War.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413012
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413012
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.557237, 12.413467
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Ameria, claimed by Cato the Elder (quoted by Pliny) as the oldest town in Umbria, was an important center that may have gained Roman municipal status as early as 338 B.C., following the Latin War.
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 42 C3 Ameria
Source and reuse
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Research path
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