Historical place profile
Mons Seleucus
Mons Seleucus was the site of the famous battle between Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius in AD 353. The Gallo-Roman vicus at La Bâtie-Montsaléon included a Gallo-Roman sanctuary.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:167836
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:167836
- Place type
- sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 44.455989, 5.749926
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Mons Seleucus was the site of the famous battle between Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius in AD 353. The Gallo-Roman vicus at La Bâtie-Montsaléon included a Gallo-Roman sanctuary.
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 17 F5 Mons Seleucus
Source and reuse
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Research path
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