Historical place profile
Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites
An ancient settlement of the Sallentini in Apulia. Legendary history held that this was the spot where Aeneas first landed in Italy, thus the assignation 'Limen Aphrodites' or 'Portus Veneris'.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:442536
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:442536
- Place type
- archaeological-site, port, settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.004314, 18.428203
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement of the Sallentini in Apulia. Legendary history held that this was the spot where Aeneas first landed in Italy, thus the assignation 'Limen Aphrodites' or 'Portus Veneris'.
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 45 H4 Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites
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
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.