Centum Cellae

settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Centum Cellae (modern Civitavecchia) was an ancient coastal settlement in Tyrrhenian Etruria. The emperor Trajan rebuilt the harbor at the site in 106/7 and Pliny the Younger mentions its name, Centum Cellae. Saracens destroyed the city in A.D. 812.

Coordinates
42.09118, 11.79681
Also known as
Centu cellis (la), Centv̄ cellis (la), Civitavecchia (it), Civitavecchia (it), Kentoukellai, Kentoukéllai (grc), Traianos limen, Traianòs limḗn (grc), Traianus, Κεντουκέλλαι (grc), Τραιανὸς λιμήν (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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