Historical place profile
Ficana
An ancient city of Latium that was said to have been conquered by Ancus Marcius, Ficana was located near the eleventh mile of the Via Ostiensis. Excavation at the site has produced important evidence for the urban center beginning from the eighth century BC. Pliny the Elder mentions Ficana as one of the lost cities of Latium.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:422921
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:422921
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.797885, 12.359299
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient city of Latium that was said to have been conquered by Ancus Marcius, Ficana was located near the eleventh mile of the Via Ostiensis. Excavation at the site has produced important evidence for the urban center beginning from the eighth century BC. Pliny the Elder mentions Ficana as one of the lost cities of Latium.
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 43 B2 Ficana
Source and reuse
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Research path
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