Historical place profile
Fanum Fortunae
Fanum Fortunae, the site of a shrine to Fortuna, is first mentioned in the ancient sources in 49 B.C. when Iulius Caesar held the town. An Augustan colony was established at the site and the Romans prevailed in the Battle of Fano in A.D. 271. The town was eventually destroyed by the Ostrogoths.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413129
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413129
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 43.844902, 13.016921
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Fanum Fortunae, the site of a shrine to Fortuna, is first mentioned in the ancient sources in 49 B.C. when Iulius Caesar held the town. An Augustan colony was established at the site and the Romans prevailed in the Battle of Fano in A.D. 271. The town was eventually destroyed by the Ostrogoths.
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 42 E1 Fanum Fortunae
Source and reuse
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Research path
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