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Cameria

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: N. Purcell

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 04, 2021 10:29 AM — History

An ancient city of Latium that is noted by Pliny the Elder as one of the lost cities of central Italy.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438704

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.875, 12.375

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cameria (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Καμερία (Kameria: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Cameria makes connections with:

Cameria part of (regional) Latium Vetus (region) (750 BC - 550 BC)

Cameria receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 Cameria

Details:

Tarquinius Priscus captured Cameria and it was destroyed by Opiter Verginius Tricostus in 502 B.C. Tacitus links the site with the gens Coruncania.

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Suggested citation:
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Cameria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438704> [accessed: 28 February 2021]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438704 |title=Places: 438704 (Cameria) |author=Purcell, N. |accessdate=February 28, 2021 2:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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