Falerii Veteres
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Jan 18, 2025 12:07 PM
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History
Falerii Veteres was the principal city of the Faliscans. It is located on a tuff outcropping at the point where several tributaries of the Treia join to flow into the Tiber. After rebelling against Rome in 241 B.C., Falerii suffered serious reversals of fortune.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413126
42.2988, 12.4217
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Falerii (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Falerii Veteres (Latin, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Φαλέριοι (Phalerioi: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Civita Castellana (Italian, modern)
- Falerii Veteres part of (regional) Ager Faliscus (region) (unspecified date range)
- Falerii Veteres located near Falerii (unspecified date range)
- Falerii Veteres member of Falisci (unspecified date range)
- Iunonis Curritis Lucus located at Falerii Veteres (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli del Castellaccio located at Falerii Veteres (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli di Celle located at Falerii Veteres (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli di Montarano located at Falerii Veteres (unspecified date range)
findspot, place of finding, settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 42 C4 Falerii Veteres
- BTCGI V, 323-68 s.v. "Civita Castellana" (A. Corretti)
- Biella 2020
- Ferri 2011
- Maetzke 1990
- Moscati 1983
- Moscati 1990
- New Pauly Falerii
- Opitz 2009
- PECS (Perseus) FALERII VETERES (Civita Castellana) Italy
- ToposText Falerii Veteres (Italy) 117 Civita Castellana
- Wikipedia (English) Falerii Veteres
- Related:
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- Arachne Falerii (Civita Castellana) Viterbo (Provinz) (Falerii Veteres), Italien
- DARMC 18427
- MANTO 11315514: Falerii (Italy)
- TGN 7006788: Civita Castellana (inhabited place)
- TM GEO ID 14348: Falerii Veteres (Civita Castellana)
- Wikidata Q5431856: Falerii Veteres
- iDAI.gazetteer 2180706: Civita Castellana
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C4 Falerii Veteres
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Civita Castellana
W.V. Harris, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Falerii Veteres: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413126> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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