Fucinus (lake)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, A. Horsting, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 24, 2026 01:59 PM
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History
A lake of ancient Italy, the site of a major battle of 89 BC. Both Claudius and Hadrian attempted flood and drainage controls in antiquity. 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)
- Lago Fucino (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Φουκίνα λίμνη (ἡ) (Phoukina limne: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- *Supinum connection Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Agellum located northeast of Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Angitiae Lucus located on Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Caelanum located north of Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Hernici connection Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Iuvencus (river) flows into Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- La Giostra located south of Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Marruvium located on Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Pitonia? located on Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Fucinus (lake) (unspecified date range)
lake
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 E2 Fucinus L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lago Fucino
N. Purcell, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, A. Horsting, and Greta Hawes, 'Fucinus (lake): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432853> [accessed: 13 September 2026]
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