Castra Albana

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Maxime Guénette, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 25, 2025 07:51 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Castra Albana was a permanent, fortified camp of the Legio II Parthica constructed during the Severan period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422885

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.7289574112, 12.6602049526

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Castra Albana (30 BC - AD 640)

Castra Albana makes connections with:

Castra Albana located on Via Appia (unspecified date range)

Castra Albana receives connections from:

Baths of Caracalla (Albano Laziale) located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)
Domus Romana "delle Entrate" located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)
Pompeo located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)
Porta Pretoria (Albano Laziale) located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)
Roman amphitheater at Albano Laziale located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)
Roman cistern located at Castra Albana (unspecified date range)

Place type:
fort, settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 C3 Castra Albana

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Albano

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Suggested citation:
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Maxime Guénette, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Castra Albana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422885> [accessed: 08 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422885 |title=Places: 422885 (Castra Albana) |author=Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli |accessdate=February 8, 2026 11:44 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}