Pedum
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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History
Pedum was an ancient city of Latium that was part of the Latin League. Located between Tibur and Praeneste, its precise location is now unknown. Some suggest that modern Gallicano is the site of the ancient city.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438803
41.8811019381, 12.7953454646
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Gallicano nel Lazio (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Pedum member of Latin League (unspecified date range)
- Pedum part of (regional) Latium Vetus (region) (unspecified date range)
- Pedum located on Via Praenestina (unspecified date range)
- Pedum located on via Pedana (unspecified date range)
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unlocated, settlement, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 Pedum
Pedum was a member first of the Alban League and then, later, of the Latin League. Coriolanus conquered the city in 480 B.C., according to Livy and Dionysius.
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pedum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438803> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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