Historical place profile

Suasa

Suasa was the site of a Roman municipium in Umbria. It lies in the Piano Volpello along a road from Cales to Sena Gallica. Alaric razed the settlement in 409.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413324
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413324
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
43.625016, 12.984093
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Suasa was the site of a Roman municipium in Umbria. It lies in the Piano Volpello along a road from Cales to Sena Gallica. Alaric razed the settlement in 409.

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 D1 Suasa

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Research path

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