Campi Phlegraei
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40.827, 14.139
- Representative Locations:
- approximate centerpoint of the Phlegraean Fields (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Campi Flegrei (Italian, modern)
- Phlegraean Fields (English, modern)
- Phlegraei Campi (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Φλεγραῖον πεδίον (Phlegraîon pedíon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Avernus (lake) connection Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Bauli connection Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Capua bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Cumae/Kyme (Campanian) bounds Campi Phlegraei (30 BC - AD 2099)
- Dikaiarcheia/Puteoli bounds Campi Phlegraei (30 BC - AD 2099)
- Gallinaria Silva connection Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Gaurus (mount) part of (regional) Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Grotto of the Sibyl connection Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Lucrinus (lake) part of (regional) Campi Phlegraei (AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Nola bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Piscina Mirabilis located in Campi Phlegraei (AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Vesuvius (volcano) bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
plain, region, volcano
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F4 Campi Phlegraei
Surviving Hellenistic Greek sources treat the Phlegrean Fields as a large area, roughly bounded by Capua, Nola, and Mount Vesuvius. Writers of the Roman period seem to have in mind a smaller area, lying between Cumae and Puteoli (Gargini provides citations in Brill's New Pauly). Modern vulcanologists refer to the Campi Flegrei volcano, understanding its location, extent, and history from a scientific perspective that both differs from and contextualizes the ancient perspectives (see Costa 2021, pages 4-8 and map in Figure 3).
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Campi Phlegraei: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432744> [accessed: 01 December 2024]
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