Historical place profile
Cereatae Marianae
Cereatae Marianae, purported to have been the birthplace of Caius Marius, is thought to have been located where the 13th-century abbey church of Casamari now stands (in the modern province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:432776
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:432776
- Place type
- abbey, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.671320, 13.487263
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Cereatae Marianae, purported to have been the birthplace of Caius Marius, is thought to have been located where the 13th-century abbey church of Casamari now stands (in the modern province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy).
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 E2 Cereatae Marianae
Source and reuse
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Research path
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