Historical place profile
Colle Rasto Settlement
A site to the west of modern Praeneste in Italy where surface material, remains of structures, and graves were discovered in the 19th century. These finds provide evidence for a settlement possibly dating to as early as the fifth or fourth century BCE but with likely occupation throughout the subsequent Roman period.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:426616
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:426616
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 41.842827, 12.845665
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A site to the west of modern Praeneste in Italy where surface material, remains of structures, and graves were discovered in the 19th century. These finds provide evidence for a settlement possibly dating to as early as the fifth or fourth century BCE but with likely occupation throughout the subsequent Roman period.
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 43 D2 40
Source and reuse
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Research path
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