Historical place profile

Astigi/Col. Augusta Firma

Now the modern Ecija on the Genil river, Astigi was the capital of one of the four conventus of Baetica and became an Augustan colony after 27 B.C.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:255996
Catalogue ID
pleiades:255996
Place type
amphitheatre, settlement
Coordinates
37.540932, -5.079949
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Now the modern Ecija on the Genil river, Astigi was the capital of one of the four conventus of Baetica and became an Augustan colony after 27 B.C.

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 26 E4 Astigi/Col. Augusta Firma

Source and reuse

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Research path

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