Tifernus (river)
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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The Tifernus (modern Biferno) is a river of Molise that flows from near Bojano to the Adriatic Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433154
41.7283343844, 14.736550553
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Biferno (river) (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Φίτερνος ποταμός (Phiternos potamos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tifernus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tifernus (river) flows into (H)Adriaticum/Superum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Frentani connection Tifernus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Pons Auruncus crosses Tifernus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ponte Fabio Massimo crosses Tifernus (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 G2 Tifernus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Biferno
N. Purcell, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Tifernus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433154> [accessed: 15 October 2026]
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