Capua
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Wade Tuttle, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, jfu
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An important ancient city of Campania with Villanovan and Etruscan origins.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432754
41.0860925, 14.250207
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 18297 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Campana urbs (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Capua (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Capvae (Capuae: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Καπύη (Kapue: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- S. Maria Capua Vetere (Santa Maria Capua Vetere: Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Capua part of (regional) Campanus Ager (unspecified date range)
- Capua bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Capua connection Via Appia (unspecified date range)
- Carceri Vecchie located near Capua (unspecified date range)
- Domus of Publius Confuleius Sabbio located at Capua (30 BC - AD 300)
- Mausoleo della Conocchia located near Capua (unspecified date range)
- Ponte di Capua located at Capua (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Santa Maria Capua Vetere located at Capua (30 BC - AD 300)
- So-called Arch of Hadrian (Capua) connection Capua (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Cato de Agr. 135.2.7, 135.3.1
- Liv. (OCT: PHI) 7.31.4.2, 7.31.11.1
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 13.5.3
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 3.43.7
- Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 3.63.1
- TP (Talbert: CUP) 5B4 (Talbert 1454)
- Vell. Pat. (Hellegouarc'h: PHI) 1.7.2.4, 1.7.3.3, 1.7.3.4, 1.7.4.2
- Vell. Pat. (Hellegouarc'h: PHI) 2.44.4.5
- See Further:
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- Ancient Capua
- BAtlas 44 F3 Capua
- D'Isanto 1993
- De Caro 2000
- Frederiksen 1959
- Friello 2003
- GAL Campania 209-20
- Ghini 1980
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 109,1 Capua
- ItMiller 339, 367, 332, 365
- New Pauly Capua (Umberto Pappalardo)
- PECS (Perseus) CAPUA (S. Maria Capua Vetere) Campania, Italy
- RE Capua (C. Hülsen)
- Sacchi 2012
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) CÁPUA
- Wikipedia (English) Capua
- Wikipedia (English) Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- Related:
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- Arachne Capua Caserta (Provinz), Italien
- GeoNames 6538728: Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 495: Capuae
- MANTO 11312692: Capua (Italy)
- TM GEO ID 3311: Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere)
- ToposText Capua (Italy) 361 Capua - Καπύη
- Wikidata ancient Capua (Q3136685)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2338552: Santa Maria di Capua Vetere
- nomisma.org Capua
- vici.org 1859: Capua
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F3 Capua
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S. Maria Capua Vetere
N. Purcell, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Wade Tuttle, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and jfu, 'Capua: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432754> [accessed: 17 June 2026]
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