Historical place profile
Etanna
Etanna was a civitas of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis and is also attested as a Roman road station. It was likely located in the modern French commune of Yenne, but its precise location is uncertain.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:167759
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:167759
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern, station
- Coordinates
- 45.714449, 5.767674
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Etanna was a civitas of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis and is also attested as a Roman road station. It was likely located in the modern French commune of Yenne, but its precise location is uncertain.
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 17 F2 Etanna
Source and reuse
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Research path
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