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Augusteum, so-called Basilica at Herculaneum

a Pleiades place resource

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The Augusteum, or so-called Basilica, at Herculaneum, was partially investigated in the eighteenth century. This large complex (68 by 40 meters) had colonnades on three of its sides and faced on to the Decumanus Maximus across from the Basilica Noniana and the College of the Augustales.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590848271

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.806821, 14.347965

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- Imagery location (330 BC - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

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Place type:
ruin, architectural complex

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Augusteum, so-called Basilica at Herculaneum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590848271> [accessed: 20 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590848271 |title=Places: 590848271 (Augusteum, so-called Basilica at Herculaneum) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 20, 2025 11:42 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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