Historical place profile

Manliana

One of two Roman road stations with this name in Italy attested in ancient sources. The Barrington Atlas Directory localizes this one at modern Torrita di Siena.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413189
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413189
Place type
settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
43.166760, 11.771647
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

One of two Roman road stations with this name in Italy attested in ancient sources. The Barrington Atlas Directory localizes this one at modern Torrita di Siena.

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 42 B2 Manliana

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.