Grumentum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert
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History
Grumentum was an ancient settlement of Lucania, likely inhabited since the sixth century B.C. The site played a role in the Second Punic War and later became a bishopric in the fourth century A.D.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442603
40.2851925903, 15.9069143331
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18487 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Parco Archeologico di Grumentum (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Γρουμεντὸν (Groumenton: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Grvmento (Grumento: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Grumento Nova (Italian, modern)
- Grumentum (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Grumentum (English, modern)
- None
- Roman amphitheater at Grumentum located at Grumentum (unspecified date range)
- Semuncla located near Grumentum (30 BC - AD 300)
- Untitled located at Grumentum (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 45 C4 Grumentum
- BMCR 2021.07.21
- BTCGI VIII, 204-11
- FOLD&R Italy-306: Mastrocinque, A., Fiammetta Soriano, Chiara Marchetti, and Ine Jacobs. 2014. "Archaeological research at Grumentum 2013: a three-dimensional documentation"
- Giardino 1983
- Giardino 1991
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 104,6
- ItMiller 378
- Laes and Buonopane 2020
- Mastrocinque 2009
- New Pauly Grumentum
- PECS (Perseus) GRUMENTUM (Grumento) Lucania, Italy
- RE Grumentum
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) GRUMENTUM
- Tarlano 2010
- ToposText Grumentum (Italy)
- Wikipedia (English) Grumentum
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 C4 Grumentum
The earliest Roman settlement belongs to the third century BC. Hanno was defeated at Grumentum in 215 BC and in 207 BC Hannibal made the town his headquarters.
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, and R. Talbert, 'Grumentum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442603> [accessed: 14 June 2025]
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