Historical place profile

Interamna Lirenas

A Latin colony founded ca. 312 B.C. along the Via Latina. The site was sacked by Samnites (ca. 294 B.C.) and subsequently by Hannibal (212 B.C.). It received Roman municipal status in 90 B.C.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:432884
Catalogue ID
pleiades:432884
Place type
settlement, theatre
Coordinates
41.427674, 13.753926
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A Latin colony founded ca. 312 B.C. along the Via Latina. The site was sacked by Samnites (ca. 294 B.C.) and subsequently by Hannibal (212 B.C.). It received Roman municipal status in 90 B.C.

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 44 E3 Interamna Lirenas

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Research path

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