Alsietinus lacus
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place
resource
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History
The Alsietinus lacus, modern Lago di Martignano, is a small volcanic crater-lake in southern Etruria. The lake was the source of the Augustan aqueduct aqua Augusta Alsietina that served non-potable water to the Transtiberim and Ianiculum.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413010
42.1128132057, 12.3150277272
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Alsietinus L. (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Lake Martignano (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- lacus Alsietinus (Alsietinus L.: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Lago di Martignano (Italian, modern)
- Alsietinus lacus part of (regional) Ager Faliscus (region) (unspecified date range)
- Alsietinus lacus flows into Aqua Alsietina (30 BC - AD 300)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C4 Alsietinus L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lago di Martignano
W.V. Harris, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Alsietinus lacus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413010> [accessed: 26 June 2024]
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