Volgum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 31, 2025 05:18 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

A fortified Roman settlement located 7 km south of the city of Keszthely, Hungary.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197585

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
46.7114701017, 17.2461339984

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Valcum castrum - római katonai tábor (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Valcum (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Volgum (30 BC - AD 640)

Volgum makes connections with:

None

Volgum receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement (fortified), fort

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 20 E3 Volgum

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S Fenékpuszta HUN

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Suggested citation:
M. Šašel Kos, P. Kos, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Volgum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197585> [accessed: 10 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197585 |title=Places: 197585 (Volgum) |author=Šašel Kos, M., P. Kos |accessdate=February 10, 2026 12:30 am |publisher=Pleiades}}