Grumentum
Sign in to saveGrumentum () was an ancient Roman city in the centre of Lucania, in what is now the comune of Grumento Nova, c. south of Potenza by the direct road through Anxia, and by the '''', at the point of divergence of a road eastward to Heraclea.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Grumentum
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Grumento Nova, Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
- Ancient site.region
- Lucania
- Ancient site.built
- 3rd century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 4th century AD
- Ancient site.event
- Battle of Grumentum
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Basilicata
- Ancient site.website
- Grumentum Archaeological Area
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Grumento Nova
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Employees
- 13
- Image
- Grumentum-domus-mosaiken.jpg
- Significant event
- Battle of Grumentum
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- Commons category
- Grumentum, Parco archeologico
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- culture
- culture of ancient Rome
- visitors per year
- 4125
- street address
- Contrada Contrada Citta' 1, 85050 Grumento Nova
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- P12749
- Wilfried Klaus
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- The Site
- Notes
- References
- External links
Grumentum () was an ancient Roman city in the centre of Lucania, in what is now the comune of Grumento Nova, c. south of Potenza by the direct road through Anxia, and by the '', at the point of divergence of a road eastward to Heraclea.
The main public buildings of the city have been excavated and are in excellent condition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grumentum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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