Historical place profile
Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus
Volsinii Veteres was one of the most powerful and important cities of Etruria, as it was the location of the important federal sanctuary located at the Fanum Voltumnae.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413373
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413373
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.716449, 12.111566
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Volsinii Veteres was one of the most powerful and important cities of Etruria, as it was the location of the important federal sanctuary located at the Fanum Voltumnae.
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 C3 Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus
Source and reuse
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Research path
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