Historical place profile

Cremona

Cremona is a city of Cisalpine Gaul located on the Po River. The Romans established a colony of 6,000 settlers there after 225 B.C. Cremona was the first Latin colony placed north of the Po River.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:383628
Catalogue ID
pleiades:383628
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
45.133639, 10.026149
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Cremona is a city of Cisalpine Gaul located on the Po River. The Romans established a colony of 6,000 settlers there after 225 B.C. Cremona was the first Latin colony placed north of the Po River.

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 39 G3 Cremona

Source and reuse

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Research path

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