Vescia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: N. Purcell

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

Last modified Jan 07, 2024 09:02 PM — History

Vescia was a city of the Ausones that is now unlocated. It became involved in the Latin War and Rome destroyed the city in 314 B.C.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438874

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.16689215, 13.9198992

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (550 BC - 30 BC)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Uescia, Vescia (Vescia: Latin, 550 BC - 30 BC)

Vescia makes connections with:

Vescia located near Massicus (unspecified date range)

Vescia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

Cic. Leg. agr. 2.66.4

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 Vescia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: probably near Pagus Vescinus

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Suggested citation:
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Vescia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438874> [accessed: 27 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/438874 |title=Places: 438874 (Vescia) |author=Purcell, N. |accessdate=March 27, 2025 11:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}