Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Sep 12, 2021 05:50 PM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413373
42.716449, 12.111566
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18995 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Orvieto (Italian, modern)
- Οὐρβιβεντός (Ourbibentos: Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Velzna (In Latin characters Etruscan, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Volsinii Veteres (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus connection Umbria (region) (unspecified date range)
- Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Belvedere Temple, Orvieto part of (physical/topographic) Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Bridge on Via Cassia near *Volsinii Veteres connection Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (unspecified date range)
- Canicella necropolis located at Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (unspecified date range)
- Crocifisso del Tufo necropolis connection Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (unspecified date range)
- Fanum Voltumnae connection Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C3 Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Orvieto
W.V. Harris, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413373> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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