Historical place profile
Herdoniae/Ardaneae/Civitas Serdonis
Herdonia was an ancient city of Apulia located along the via Minucia. The city was the site of two major engagements of the Second Punic War (212 and 210 BCE, respectively), both of which were Carthaginian victories. The city's extensive remains have been investigated by the Belgian Institute since the Second World War.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:442613
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:442613
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.310441, 15.622395
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Herdonia was an ancient city of Apulia located along the via Minucia. The city was the site of two major engagements of the Second Punic War (212 and 210 BCE, respectively), both of which were Carthaginian victories. The city's extensive remains have been investigated by the Belgian Institute since the Second World War.
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 45 C2 Herdoniae/Ardaneae/Civitas Serdonis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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