Historical place profile
Forum Novum (Vescovio)
Forum Novum was a Roman town and an early medieval bishopric. It is located in the Sabine hills and was likely founded as a market center during the Republican period. It had achieved the status of municipium by the first century A.D. The market center seems to have remained active until at least the fourth century and by the fifth century, a bishopric is established there.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413148
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413148
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.328760, 12.613680
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Forum Novum was a Roman town and an early medieval bishopric. It is located in the Sabine hills and was likely founded as a market center during the Republican period. It had achieved the status of municipium by the first century A.D. The market center seems to have remained active until at least the fourth century and by the fifth century, a bishopric is established there.
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 D4 Forum Novum
Source and reuse
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Research path
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