Fescennium
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 26, 2026 09:53 AM
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History
Fescennium is the ancient name of a Faliscan settlement located ca. 5 km south of Falerii Veteres. The site, which was inhabited from the second millennium to the third century BCE, is often also called by the modern Italian name Narce (derived from an associated peak).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413133
42.210553, 12.416853
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18114 (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Fescennium (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Narce (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Fescennium part of (regional) Ager Faliscus (region) (unspecified date range)
- Fescennium located on Via Amerina (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli de La Petrina located at Fescennium (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli del Cavone di Monte Li Santi located at Fescennium (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 42 C4 Fescennium
- BTCGI XII, 250-253 s.v. "Narce" (Sabina Antonini)
- Colonna 1990 111-40
- Frederiksen 1957 70, 164
- Patterson 2020 4, 22, 46, 75–108, 149, 183
- RE Fescennium (C. Hülsen)
- Tilly 1977
- ToposText Fescennia (Latium)
- Wikipedia (English) Fescennia
- Wikipedia (English) Narce
- Wikipedia (Italian) Fescennium
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 C4 Fescennium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Narce
W.V. Harris, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, and Tom Elliott, 'Fescennium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413133> [accessed: 15 July 2026]
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