Historical place profile

Olisipo

Olisipo (modern Lisbon, Portugal). Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus pacified western Iberia and integrated the settlement into the Roman Republic in 138 BC.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:256338
Catalogue ID
pleiades:256338
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
38.707166, -9.135507
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Olisipo (modern Lisbon, Portugal). Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus pacified western Iberia and integrated the settlement into the Roman Republic in 138 BC.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 A3 Olisipo

Source and reuse

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Research path

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