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A town of ancient Latium along the line of the Via Appia, Bovillae is traditionally considered to be a colony of Alba Longa and was one of the thirty cities of the Latin League.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422852

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.76587, 12.617018

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18260 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bobellas (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Bovillae (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
Associated Modern Names:
- Frattocchie (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Bovillae makes connections with:

Bovillae part of (administrative) Italia, Regio I (unspecified date range)
Bovillae connection Via Appia (unspecified date range)

Bovillae receives connections from:

Frattocchie diverticulum communicates with Bovillae (unspecified date range)
Il Torraccio located near Bovillae (30 BC - AD 300)

Place type:
station (road or coastal)

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 C2 Bovillae

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Frattocchie

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Suggested citation:
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Bovillae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422852> [accessed: 17 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422852 |title=Places: 422852 (Bovillae) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli |accessdate=December 17, 2025 4:55 am |publisher=Pleiades}}