Mandra Castellone

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

Last modified Nov 21, 2025 12:37 PM — History

tags: fortification, extant remains

A fortified Oscan center at high altitude (647 meters) located near Capriati al Volturno. The site is difficult to access, and the fortifications measure 80 meters in diameter.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572637979

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.4902367, 14.1310175

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Fortificazione Sannita di Mandra Castellone (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Fortificazione Sannita di Mandra Castellone (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Mandra Castellone makes connections with:

None

Mandra Castellone receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Related:

Wikidata Samnite fortification at Mandra Castellone (Q124219473)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Mandra Castellone: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572637979> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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