Historical place profile

Muro Tenente (Scamnum?)

Scamnum is a road station located in Messapia that is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana. It is perhaps to be identified with excavations at the site of Muro Tenente that have revealed long term occupation levels, beginning from the Neolithic period.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:442790
Catalogue ID
pleiades:442790
Place type
settlement, station
Coordinates
40.542328, 17.742274
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Scamnum is a road station located in Messapia that is mentioned on the Tabula Peutingeriana. It is perhaps to be identified with excavations at the site of Muro Tenente that have revealed long term occupation levels, beginning from the Neolithic period.

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 45 G3 Scamnum?

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Research path

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