Historical place profile

Petinesca

A Roman settlement at Petinesca replaced a Celtic oppidum located on the plateau of the Jensberg. The site was located along the military highway from Aventicum to Salodurum.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:177603
Catalogue ID
pleiades:177603
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
47.109394, 7.299995
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A Roman settlement at Petinesca replaced a Celtic oppidum located on the plateau of the Jensberg. The site was located along the military highway from Aventicum to Salodurum.

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 18 E2 Petinesca

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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