Fossa Cluilia

a Pleiades place resource

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The Fossa Cluilia was a defensive ditch built by Caius Cluilius, king of Alba Longa, during Alba Longa's war with Rome in the seventh century B.C.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/666067875

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- fossa Cluilia (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Fossa Cluilia makes connections with:

Fossa Cluilia part of (physical/topographic) Ager Romanus (unspecified date range)

Fossa Cluilia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, earthwork

References:

Evidence:

Liv. (OCT: PHI) 1.23.3.3

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Cluilian trench

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Gaius Cluilius

Related:

Wikidata Cluilian trench (Q3748999)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Fossa Cluilia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/666067875> [accessed: 24 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/666067875 |title=Places: 666067875 (Fossa Cluilia) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 24, 2025 3:46 am |publisher=Pleiades}}