Forentum?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Jul 06, 2026 05:57 PM
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History
Scholars associated the ancient place Forentum with Lavello in south Italy. In antiquity, this was an indigenous center active from the Early Iron Age that gradually manifested the material culture of Greek colonists in Magna Graecia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442584
41.045625, 15.790762
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Lavello (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- Casa del Diavolo located near Forentum? (30 BC - AD 300)
- Le Carrozze-Gravetta located near Forentum? (unspecified date range)
settlement, settlement-modern
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 C2 Forentum?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lavello
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Forentum?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442584> [accessed: 17 October 2026]
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