Historical place profile
Monte Coppolo
Monte Coppolo is an ancient settlement usually referred to in archaeological literature by the modern name of the mountain on which it is located in modern Italy's Basilicata region. It is perhaps the site of ancient Lagaria, referred to by Strabo as a fortress (Φρούριον).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:452383
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:452383
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.157560, 16.464140
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Monte Coppolo is an ancient settlement usually referred to in archaeological literature by the modern name of the mountain on which it is located in modern Italy's Basilicata region. It is perhaps the site of ancient Lagaria, referred to by Strabo as a fortress (Φρούριον).
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 46 D1 Monte Coppolo
Source and reuse
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Research path
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