Historical place profile
Ferentium
Ferentium (modern Ferento) was a city of Etruria first mentioned in the Liber Coloniarum ca. 123 BC that became a Roman municipium after the Social War. Substantial remains of the city remain; the site was the birthplace of Otho and is noted for its fine stone monuments and statues.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413132
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413132
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.488677, 12.131285
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Ferentium (modern Ferento) was a city of Etruria first mentioned in the Liber Coloniarum ca. 123 BC that became a Roman municipium after the Social War. Substantial remains of the city remain; the site was the birthplace of Otho and is noted for its fine stone monuments and statues.
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 C4 Ferentium
Source and reuse
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Research path
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