Venusia
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, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Apr 19, 2025 08:20 PM
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History
Originally a settlement of the Peucetti, Venusia became a Latin colony in 291 BCE following the Third Samnite War.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442847
40.9688992239, 15.8272682392
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Parco archeologico di Venosa (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of scavi romani di Venusia (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Venusia (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Venusia part of (regional) Ager Venusinus (unspecified date range)
- Venusia connection Via Appia (unspecified date range)
- Complesso episcopale located at Venusia (unspecified date range)
- Opino next place in route Venusia (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater of Venusia located at Venusia (30 BC - AD 300)
settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 45 C3 Venusia
- Colivicchi 2011
- Dileo 1973
- EDH G001526: Venusia – Venosa
- FormIt Venusia
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 121,2 Venusia
- ItMiller 342
- Jacobone 1909
- Marchi 1997
- Marchi 2014
- New Pauly Venusia
- OCD Online Venusia (H. Kathryn Lomas)
- Pelgrom et al. 2015
- Sirago 1986
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), VENUSIA
- Supplementa italica, 20
- ToposText Venusia (Italy)
- Torelli 1974
- Wikipedia (English) Venosa
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 C3 Venusia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Venosa
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Venusia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442847> [accessed: 23 June 2025]
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