Placentia colony

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Placentia colony was an ancient Roman settlement in northern Italy that served as a strategic military and commercial hub in the Po Valley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement
ancient Roman colony
associatedWithWar Second Punic War
connectedBy Roman road network
Via Aemilia
culture Roman
economy agriculture
river commerce
trade
fortified yes
foundedAs Latin colony
military colony
foundedBy Roman Republic
foundedInCentury 3rd century BC
foundedInYear 218 BC
governedBy Roman magistrates
hadFunction military stronghold
river port
trading center
historicalPeriod Roman Republic era
language Latin
laterStatus Roman city
Roman municipium
locatedIn Cisalpine Gaul
Po Valley
Roman Republic
northern Italy
locatedOnRiver Po River
modernCountry Italy
modernLocation Piacenza
nearBattle Battle of Trebia
surface form: Battle of the Trebia
nearRiver Trebbia
surface form: Trebbia River
partOf Roman road and river transport system
populationType Latin colonists
Roman colonists
presentIn Roman historical accounts
ancient sources
purpose commercial hub
control of Po Valley
control of routes between Apennines and Alps
strategic military hub
region Aemilia
strategicFor Roman campaigns against Carthage
Roman campaigns against Gauls
Roman communications with northern Italy
Roman control of Cisalpine Gaul
threatenedBy Celtic tribes
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal

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Via Aemilia connects Placentia colony