Historical place profile

Boscotrecase

Located on the southern slopes of Vesuvius, Boscotrecase is a Campanian site destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. Numerous opulent villas are known in the area by way of archaeological exploration.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:432724
Catalogue ID
pleiades:432724
Place type
settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
40.774310, 14.462036
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Located on the southern slopes of Vesuvius, Boscotrecase is a Campanian site destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. Numerous opulent villas are known in the area by way of archaeological exploration.

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 F4 Boscotrecase

Source and reuse

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Research path

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