Historical place profile
Gabii
An ancient Latin city located on the line of the Republican Via Praenestina connecting Rome to Praeneste. Gabii is allied to Rome from an early date and flourished during the archaic period, declining by the time of Augustus.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:422932
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:422932
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.887373, 12.719727
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient Latin city located on the line of the Republican Via Praenestina connecting Rome to Praeneste. Gabii is allied to Rome from an early date and flourished during the archaic period, declining by the time of Augustus.
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 C2 Gabii
Source and reuse
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Research path
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