Ovilava
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: H. Bender
Creators: H. Bender
Contributors:
G. Moosbauer, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, M. Puhane, Sean Gillies
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 03, 2023 12:57 PM
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History
A Celtic and subsequent Roman settlement at an important road junction and river crossing (modern Wels in Austria). The core of the ancient town, which evidently grew to significant size in the Roman period, is covered by the modern settlement and has only been selectively excavated.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/118901
48.1733764179, 14.0146033173
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern Wels (AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 12 H4 Ovilava
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Wels AUS
H. Bender, G. Moosbauer, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, M. Puhane, and Sean Gillies, 'Ovilava: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/118901> [accessed: 02 December 2023]
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