Historical place profile

*Aurinia/Saturnia

*Aurinia/Saturnia was a settlement in Etruria. Dionysius of Halicarnassus claimed it was founded by the Pelasgians. Saturnia received a Roman colony in 183 BC.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413044
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413044
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
42.666255, 11.504827
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

*Aurinia/Saturnia was a settlement in Etruria. Dionysius of Halicarnassus claimed it was founded by the Pelasgians. Saturnia received a Roman colony in 183 BC.

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 B3 *Aurinia/Saturnia

Source and reuse

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Research path

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