Fucinus L.
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).
Last modified
Jul 31, 2023 11:11 PM
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History
A lake of ancient Italy, site of a major battle of 89 BC. Flood and drainage controls were attempted by both Claudius and Hadrian. The Torlonia family drained the lake in the nineteenth century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432853
41.995, 13.547222
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Fucinus L. (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Fucine Lake (English, modern)
- Fucinus lacus (Fucinus L.: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Φουκίνα λίμνη (ἡ) (Phoukina limne: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- *Supinum connection Fucinus L. (unspecified date range)
- Hernici connection Fucinus L. (unspecified date range)
- Iuvencus (river) flows into Fucinus L. (unspecified date range)
- Marruvium connection Fucinus L. (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Fucinus L. (unspecified date range)
lake
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 E2 Fucinus L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lago Fucino
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, A. Horsting, and Tom Elliott, 'Fucinus L.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432853> [accessed: 17 December 2024]
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