Historical place profile

Peltuinum

Peltuinum was a settlement of the Vestini located along the Via Claudia Nova. The town is notable as the birthplace of the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413247
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413247
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
42.284752, 13.622182
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Peltuinum was a settlement of the Vestini located along the Via Claudia Nova. The town is notable as the birthplace of the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo.

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 42 F4 Peltuinum

Source and reuse

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Research path

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