Capitulum Hernicum
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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Dec 21, 2022 10:30 AM
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History
A Hernican town that still existed in Pliny's time, Capitulum Hernicum received colonists under both Sulla and Iulius Caesar. An inscription found in the area of Piglio mentions the town, but its precise location is uncertain.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438705
41.8308503, 13.146399
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Piglio (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Capitulum Hernicum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Καπίτουλον (Kapitoulon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Capitulum Hernicum connection Hernici (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 Capitulum Hernicum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Anagnia
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Capitulum Hernicum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438705> [accessed: 16 June 2025]
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