Ancient Campania - Wikipedia
Ancient Campania (often also identified as Campania Felix or ager Campanus) originally indicated the territory of the ancient city of Capua in the Roman period, and later also the plains of the various neighbouring municipalities. It was a very large territory when compared with the other Italic cities of the Roman and pre-Roman period. … 展开
EtymologyAccording to the Roman philologist Sextus Pompeius Festus (II century BC), the pre-Roman name of … 展开
Campania - Wikipedia
Campania was a full-fledged part of the Roman Republic by the end of the 4th century BC, valued for its pastures and rich countryside. Naples, with its Greek language and customs, made it a centre of Hellenistic culture for the Romans, …
Roman Campagna - Wikipedia
The Roman Campagna (Italian: Campagna romana) is a low-lying area surrounding Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, with an area of approximately 2,100 square kilometres (810 sq …
Campania | History, Culture, Map, & Cuisine | Britannica
Campani, the Roman name for the inhabitants of Capua and later those of the Campanian plain, is actually pre-Roman and appears with terminations (suffixes) inscribed in Oscan (an ancient Italic dialect) on coins struck for or by the …
The Best of the Roman Empire in Campania, Italy
2023年4月19日 · Tourists coming to Italy to see Ancient Rome should look no further than Campania. This region just south of Rome has a number of Roman sites, but the most well known are easily the lost cities of Herculaneum and …
Capua | Samnite, Roman & Campanian | Britannica
Capua, in ancient times, the chief city of the Campania region of Italy; it was located 16 miles (26 km) north of Neapolis (Naples) on the site of modern Santa Maria Capua Vetere. The nearby modern city of Capua was called Casilinum …
Campania romana|mann napoli
The section retraces significative historical aspects of some Roman towns in Campania, focusing on their public contexts.
highlights Campania’s significance as both a center of literary activity and an imaginative fulcrum, from the time of the earliest latin authors, throughout the Roman period, and in later traditions …
Frommers | Early History in Campania
In this way, a stern Roman culture was added to the preexisting local mixture. The social war from 91 B.C. to 88 B.C. -- and, even more so, the civil war instigated by the dictator Sulla from 82 …
Not Just Pompeii - Campania’s Best Archeological Sites
2021年8月4日 · Like Pompeii, this ancient Roman town was destroyed and buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD; but because it was covered by different volcanic materials, it is better preserved than Pompeii - and just as …
