Castra Vetera
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 15, 2024 04:35 PM
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History
Castra Vetera was established as a Roman fort ca. 15 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108867
51.644379, 6.46980705
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Vetera Castra (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Birten (modern)
- Castra Vetera (30 BC - AD 300)
- Veteribvs (Veteribus: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Castra Vetera connection Germania Inferior (unspecified date range)
- Amphitheater Birten located at Castra Vetera (unspecified date range)
fort
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 G1 Castra Vetera
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Xanten GER
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Castra Vetera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108867> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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