Historical place profile

Lato

Lato was an ancient city of Crete, a Dorian city-state located on Mirabello Bay. The principal ruins date to the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and the city was destroyed ca. 200 B.C.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:589899
Catalogue ID
pleiades:589899
Place type
settlement, theatre
Coordinates
35.178538, 25.655672
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Lato was an ancient city of Crete, a Dorian city-state located on Mirabello Bay. The principal ruins date to the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and the city was destroyed ca. 200 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 60 E2 Lato

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Research path

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