Historical place profile
Fabrateria Nova
Caius Gracchus dispatched a Roman colony to Fabrateria Nova in 124 B.C. The relationship between Fabrateria Nova and the earlier Volscian site of Fabrateria Vetus remains unclear. The favored location for Fabrateria Nova is at S. Giovanni Incarico, where the Liri and Sacco rivers intersect.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:432825
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:432825
- Place type
- amphitheatre, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.519290, 13.558107
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Caius Gracchus dispatched a Roman colony to Fabrateria Nova in 124 B.C. The relationship between Fabrateria Nova and the earlier Volscian site of Fabrateria Vetus remains unclear. The favored location for Fabrateria Nova is at S. Giovanni Incarico, where the Liri and Sacco rivers intersect.
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 Fabrateria Nova
Source and reuse
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Research path
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