Sarsina

settlement · 550 BC – 640 AD

Sarsina was a town of the Umbri that was captured by Cornelius Scipio in 271 B.C. and was the birthplace of the Latin author Plautus. The necropolis at Sarsina has been extensively studied.

Coordinates

43.91940, 12.14216

Also known as

Sarsinates (la), Sarsinates (la), Sársina (grc), Σάρσινα (grc)

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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