Ameria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 21, 2024 05:46 PM
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History
tags:
municipium,
dare:major=1,
polygonal masonry,
dare:feature=major settlement,
Jupiter,
dare:ancient=1
Ameria, claimed by Cato the Elder as the oldest town in Umbria, was an important center that may have gained Roman municipal status as early as 338 B.C., following the Latin War.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413012
42.557237, 12.413467
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6942 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Ameria connection Via Amerina (unspecified date range)
- Ameria connection tribus Clustumina (unspecified date range)
- City wall of Ameria located at Ameria (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C3 Ameria
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amelia Given the evidence from Cicero's speech Pro Roscio Amerino, the town was still prosperous ca. 80 BC.
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Ameria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413012> [accessed: 22 December 2024]
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