Historical place profile

Neretum

An ancient settlement of the Messapii in Apulia captured by the Romans in 269 BC. The Trajanic extension of the Via Appia ran through the site.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:442688
Catalogue ID
pleiades:442688
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
40.175928, 18.030423
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement of the Messapii in Apulia captured by the Romans in 269 BC. The Trajanic extension of the Via Appia ran through the site.

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 H4 Neretum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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