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Capua Asemantica
Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. History Ancient era The name of Capua comes from the Etruscan language, Etruscan ''Capeva''. The meaning is 'City of Marshes'. Its foundation is attributed by Cato the Elder to the Etruscan civilization, Etruscans, and the date given as about 260 years before it was "taken" by Rome. If this is true it refers not to its capture in the Second Punic War (211 BC) but to its submission to Rome in 338 BC, placing the date of foundation at about 600 BC, while Etruscan power was at its highest. In the area several settlements of the Villanovian civilization were present in prehistoric times, and these were probably enlarged by the Oscans and subsequently by the Etruscans. Etruscan supremacy in Campania came to an end with the Samnium, Samnite invasion in the latter half of the 5th century BC. About 424 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campania
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Atella
Atella was an ancient Oscan city of Campania, located 20km directly north of Naples. Remains The ruins of the city walls, private houses, the so-called ''garden of Virgil'' and many tombs remain, on sites in the '' comuni'' of Frattaminore, Orta di Atella, Sant'Arpino and Succivo, the last three of which formed the ''comune'' of Atella di Napoli in the mid‑20th century. The territory of ancient Atella is now in the ''comuni'' of Caivano, Cardito, Cesa, Frattamaggiore, Grumo Nevano and Sant'Antimo. The archaeological museum of Atella is at Succivo. The Atellan farce was one of the forms of entertainment of local origin that influenced the Latin theatre. History Atella was a city of Oscan origin, one of the oldest in Campania and one of the first to have obtained the Roman '' civitas''. It was crossed by the ''Via Atellana'', which led southwest to Cumae and northeast to Capua. Part of the route of Via Atellana is preserved today, with the same name, in the stretch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
