Historical place profile

Patavium

An ancient settlement of the Veneti, Patavium became a Roman municipium in 45 BC. It was the birthplace of several famous Romans including Titus Livius, Valerius Flaccus, Asconius Pedianus and Thrasea Paetus.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:393473
Catalogue ID
pleiades:393473
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
45.409561, 11.876975
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement of the Veneti, Patavium became a Roman municipium in 45 BC. It was the birthplace of several famous Romans including Titus Livius, Valerius Flaccus, Asconius Pedianus and Thrasea Paetus.

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 40 B2 Patavium

Source and reuse

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Research path

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