. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. in 34-3, when it obtained aid against the Samnites : in216 it joined the cause of Hannibal, and in 211 was severely punishedby Rome for this defection. It was placed under a Pjman Pra^fectuSjwas made a colony by Cfesar in 59, and was re-colonized by luxury and refinement of the Capuans became proverbial. Thetown, being built on a plain, was of gTeat extent ; it was surroundedby walls, and had seven gates. In the neighbourhood the famous 3 Inde le?lt Capreas, promontorimriqne AlinervEe,
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. in 34-3, when it obtained aid against the Samnites : in216 it joined the cause of Hannibal, and in 211 was severely punishedby Rome for this defection. It was placed under a Pjman Pra^fectuSjwas made a colony by Cfesar in 59, and was re-colonized by luxury and refinement of the Capuans became proverbial. Thetown, being built on a plain, was of gTeat extent ; it was surroundedby walls, and had seven gates. In the neighbourhood the famous 3 Inde le?lt Capreas, promontorimriqne AlinervEe,Et Surrentino generosos palinite colles. Ov. ITet. xv. 7 09. Caraque non molli juga Surrentina Lyaeo. Stat. Sih. iii. 5, 102. ^ It was Tisited by Horace for the improvement of his health :—Quae sit hiems Teliee, quod ccelimi. Vala, Salerni,Quorum hominum regio, et quails via ? Zj). i. 15, 1. ^ The origin of the name is uncertain ; Virgil derives it from Capys :— Et Capys : hinc nomen Campana? ducitur urbi.—x. is probably connected with Campus on account of its situation on a 570 Book IV. Falernian wine was jjroduced. Some portions of the ancient walls, ofan amphitheatre, and of a triumphal arch remain. The town was destroyed 840, andwas rebuilt on the site ofCasilinum, 3 miles distant,which has hence inheriiedthe name of v. a. Nola,XoJa, stood 21 miles Ca^Dua. between Vesu-vius and the Apennines :it was a town of gi^eat an-tiquity, founded by theAusonians, colonized bythe Greeks of Cum«, ^occujjied successively bythe Etruscans and Samnites, and, finally, conquered by the Romansin 313. It was signalized for its fidelity to Rome after the battleof Cannfe, in reward for which it was allowed to retain its consti- than three occasions in theSecond Punic Var. Itbore a conspicuous paitin the Social TTar, havingbeen occupied by the al-lies, and subsequently cap-tured and destroyed bySulla. It was rebuilt, andreceived colonies underAugustus an
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