Historical place profile
Baetulo
Baetulo (now Badalona in Spain) was situated near the mouth of the Baetulo river some 10 km northeast of Barcelona. The likely native oppidum became a Roman settlement. Archaeological evidence of well-appointed domus has been recovered, along with Latin inscriptions.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:246220
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:246220
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.451509, 2.246922
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Baetulo (now Badalona in Spain) was situated near the mouth of the Baetulo river some 10 km northeast of Barcelona. The likely native oppidum became a Roman settlement. Archaeological evidence of well-appointed domus has been recovered, along with Latin inscriptions.
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 25 H4 Baetulo
Source and reuse
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Research path
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