Historical place profile
Fescennium
Fescennium is the ancient name of a Faliscan settlement located ca. 5 km south of Falerii Veteres. The site, which was inhabited from the second millennium to the third century BCE, is often also called by the modern Italian name Narce (derived from an associated peak).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413133
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413133
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.210553, 12.416853
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Fescennium is the ancient name of a Faliscan settlement located ca. 5 km south of Falerii Veteres. The site, which was inhabited from the second millennium to the third century BCE, is often also called by the modern Italian name Narce (derived from an associated peak).
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 Fescennium
Source and reuse
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Research path
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