Historical place profile
Lanuvium
Lanuvium was an important city of Latium located south of the Alban Hills. After opposing Rome at the battles of Aricia (504 B.C.) and Lake Regillus (496 B.C.), Lanuvium was captured by the Romans in 338 B.C.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:422956
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:422956
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.674703, 12.697593
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Lanuvium was an important city of Latium located south of the Alban Hills. After opposing Rome at the battles of Aricia (504 B.C.) and Lake Regillus (496 B.C.), Lanuvium was captured by the Romans in 338 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 43 C3 Lanuvium
Source and reuse
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Research path
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