Historical place profile
Potentia
A city settled in an area subjugated by Rome during the fourth century B.C. The local populace rebelled against Rome after the defeat at Cannae (216 B.C.), however the defeat of the Carthaginians eventually led to Potentia's reincorporation into the Roman sphere.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413272
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413272
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 43.419836, 13.667333
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A city settled in an area subjugated by Rome during the fourth century B.C. The local populace rebelled against Rome after the defeat at Cannae (216 B.C.), however the defeat of the Carthaginians eventually led to Potentia's reincorporation into the Roman sphere.
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 F2 Potentia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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