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Faesulae

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: W.V. Harris

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 03:42 PM — History

tags: dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, opus quadratum, regio VII, dare:ancient=1

Faesulae (modern Fiesole) was an Etruscan foundation called Viesul, Viśl, or Vipsul. The city was conquered by Romans in 283 B.C. Sulla would settle Roman veterans there. Citizens of the town supported the conspiracy of Catiline.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413124

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.8070785, 11.2926275

Locations:

DARMC location 18425 (750 BC - AD 640)
DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Faesulae (750 BC - AD 640)
Φαίσολα (Phaisola: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Faesulae makes connections with:

Faesulae on Via Flaminia militare (30 BC - AD 640)

Faesulae receives connections from:

Roman baths at Fiesole at Faesulae (unspecified date range)
Roman theater at Fiesole at Faesulae (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 A1 Faesulae

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Fiesole

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Suggested citation:
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Faesulae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413124> [accessed: 04 August 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413124 |title=Places: 413124 (Faesulae) |author=Harris, W. |accessdate=August 4, 2020 2:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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