Imagery location of Civita di Artena
a Pleiades
location
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Aug 31, 2018 12:35 PM
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History
tags:
limestone,
polygonal masonry
The remains of an ancient fortified center close to the town of Artena
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settlement
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 12.910556, 41.727778000000001 ] }
Unknown
Certain
representative
- Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
- Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
- Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
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Pleiades
The original settlement, of uncertain name, may have been established by the Volsci; both Ecetra and Fortinum have been suggested. The modern village was known as Monte Fortino until 1873.