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Aefula was an ancient settlement of Latium that had disappeared by the time of Pliny the Elder, although the cult of Bona Dea there continued to flourish.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422821

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.917121, 12.870786

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern San Gregorio da Sassola (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aefula (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)

Aefula makes connections with:

Aefula located near Aeflanus (mountain) (330 BC - AD 300)

Aefula receives connections from:

Unnamed forts near Aefula located near Aefula (unspecified date range)

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center), settlement, settlement-modern

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Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) San Gregorio da Sassola

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 D2 Aefula

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte S. Angelo

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Suggested citation:
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Aefula: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422821> [accessed: 15 July 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422821 |title=Places: 422821 (Aefula) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli |accessdate=July 15, 2026 12:41 am |publisher=Pleiades}}