Historical place profile
Iria/Forum Iulii Iriensium
Iria/Forum Iulii Iriensium (modern Voghera) was located along the road from Placentia to Dertona. An Augustan colony was established there (colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium) that was then destroyed in the first century AD.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:383680
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:383680
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 44.992219, 9.009680
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Iria/Forum Iulii Iriensium (modern Voghera) was located along the road from Placentia to Dertona. An Augustan colony was established there (colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium) that was then destroyed in the first century AD.
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 39 E4 Iria/Forum Iulii Iriensium
Source and reuse
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Research path
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