Fucinus (lake)

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

A lake of ancient Italy, the site of a major battle of 89 BC. Both Claudius and Hadrian attempted flood and drainage controls in antiquity. The Torlonia family drained the lake in the nineteenth century.

Coordinates

41.99500, 13.54722

Also known as

Fucine Lake (en), Fucine Lake (en), Fucinus L. (la), Fucinus lacus (la), Lago Fucino (it), Lago Fucino (it), Phoukina limne (grc), Φουκίνα λίμνη (ἡ) (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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