Insula Batavorum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Brian Turner, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Nov 22, 2022 05:46 AM
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History
Both Iulius Caesar and Tacitus refer to the "Island of the Batavi", once located at a split in the Rhine and framed by the Waal river on the one hand and the Lower Rhine on the other. This area seems to correspond roughly to the modern Betuwe in the Netherlands.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579241140
51.91667, 5.58333
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: Geonames location of Betuwe centerpoint (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- insula Batavorum (Insula Batavorum: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Batavodurum/(Ulpia) Noviomagus located in Insula Batavorum (330 BC - AD 300)
island, region
- Evidence:
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Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, Brian Turner, and Tom Elliott, 'Insula Batavorum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579241140> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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