Roiate

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: polygonal masonry

A fortified pre-Roman center connected with the Aequi. The ancient name of the site is unknown.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/689046103

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.872322, 13.067291

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Roiate (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Roiate (Italian, modern)

Roiate makes connections with:

Roiate connection Aequi (unspecified date range)

Roiate receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Quilici Gigli 1987

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

S. P. Oakley (2005) relates fortified sites connected with the Aequi to the campaigns of the final years of the Second Samnite War, as discussed by Livy in book nine of his text.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Roiate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/689046103> [accessed: 18 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/689046103 |title=Places: 689046103 (Roiate) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 18, 2025 5:43 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}