Historical place profile

Arpinum

An ancient center that originated as early as the seventh century B.C., which became a civitas sine suffragio in 305 B.C. Arpinum was the birthplace of Caius Marius and Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:432700
Catalogue ID
pleiades:432700
Place type
archaeological-site, city-gate, settlement
Coordinates
41.648422, 13.609876
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient center that originated as early as the seventh century B.C., which became a civitas sine suffragio in 305 B.C. Arpinum was the birthplace of Caius Marius and Marcus Tullius Cicero.

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 E2 Arpinum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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