Aufidena
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 11, 2025 10:37 AM
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History
A probable Samnite center, the Romans captured Aufidena in 298 BC. It only became a municipium after 49 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432709
41.784299, 14.108223
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6950 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Aufidena, Avfidena (Aufidena: Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Αὐφιδήνα (Aufidena: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F2 Aufidena
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Castel di Sangro
N. Purcell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Aufidena: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432709> [accessed: 15 June 2025]
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