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Vicus Tuscus

a Pleiades place resource

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The Vicus Tuscus was a street in the ancient city of Rome. It proceeded southwest from the Forum Romanum to the Forum Boarium, hugging the western flank of the Palatine Hill and passing through the Velabrum.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380281017

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8917014849, 12.4853651874

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Vicus Tuscus (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Vicus Turarius (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Tuscus vicus (Vicus Tuscus: Latin, unspecified date range)

Vicus Tuscus makes connections with:

Vicus Tuscus located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Vicus Tuscus receives connections from:

Basilica Julia located on Vicus Tuscus (unspecified date range)

Place type:
street

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Wikidata Vicus Tuscus (Q1229845)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Vicus Tuscus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380281017> [accessed: 16 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/380281017 |title=Places: 380281017 (Vicus Tuscus) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 16, 2026 5:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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