Historical place profile
Munda
Munda, in southern Iberia, was the site of two important battles in antiquity. The first was Cn. Cornelius Scipio's defeated of the Carthaginians in 214 B.C. and the second Iulius Caesar's victory over the Pompeians in 45 B.C.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:256314
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:256314
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.419687, -5.141862
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Munda, in southern Iberia, was the site of two important battles in antiquity. The first was Cn. Cornelius Scipio's defeated of the Carthaginians in 214 B.C. and the second Iulius Caesar's victory over the Pompeians in 45 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 26 E4 Munda
Source and reuse
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Research path
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