Petavonium was a Roman legionary fortress, or castrum, of the Legio X Gemina, and later grew into a Roman city formed from its canabae, or civilian camp. It was located in the valley of Vidriales, in what is now the area of Santibanez de Vidriales and its hamlet Rosinos de Vidriales, in the Spanish province of Zamora. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Latitude42.088944 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Petavonium (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 42.088944, longitude -5.997972
Petavonium (Wikipedia)
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Petavonium was a Roman Legionary Fortress (castrum) of the Legio X Gemina, and later a Roman city formed from the canabae, or civilian camp.
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