Historical place profile

Circeii 1

Circeii received a Latin colony ca. 390 B.C. The remains on the site include an enclosure wall built in polygonal masonry. "Circeii 1" refers to the earlier Roman colony founded at the eastern side of Monte Circeo. The settlement eventually moved to the western side of the peninsula.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:432782
Catalogue ID
pleiades:432782
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
41.235627, 13.096264
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Circeii received a Latin colony ca. 390 B.C. The remains on the site include an enclosure wall built in polygonal masonry. "Circeii 1" refers to the earlier Roman colony founded at the eastern side of Monte Circeo. The settlement eventually moved to the western side of the peninsula.

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 D3 Circeii 1

Source and reuse

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Research path

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