Horta

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

The Etruscan settlement of *Hurta (the modern Orte) was close to the Vadimonis Lacus where the Romans fought, and won, two engagements against Etruscan armies.

Coordinates

42.46033, 12.38642

Also known as

*Hurta (ett), Hortanum (la), Hortanum (la), Orte (it), Orte (it)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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