Historical place profile

Brigantium

Brigantium (modern Bregenz) was a Celtic settlement from at least the fifth century B.C. and came under Roman control in the first century B.C.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:187325
Catalogue ID
pleiades:187325
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
47.503041, 9.747061
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Brigantium (modern Bregenz) was a Celtic settlement from at least the fifth century B.C. and came under Roman control in the first century 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 19 B2 Brigantium

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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