Historical place profile
Aufinum
Aufinum, long thought to have been located at modern Ofena, which reflects the ancient name, has been shown by recent excavations to have been located some 5km further south, near modern Capestrano. Aufinum was an ancient center of the Abruzzo. Pliny lists the Aufinates Cismontani among the communities of the Vestini.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413043
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413043
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.281730, 13.771889
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Aufinum, long thought to have been located at modern Ofena, which reflects the ancient name, has been shown by recent excavations to have been located some 5km further south, near modern Capestrano. Aufinum was an ancient center of the Abruzzo. Pliny lists the Aufinates Cismontani among the communities of the Vestini.
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 F4 Aufinum
Source and reuse
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Research path
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