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Capua

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: N. Purcell

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Wade Tuttle, R. Talbert, jfu

Last modified Jun 13, 2021 12:01 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

An important ancient city of Campania with Villanovan and Etruscan origins.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432754

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.0860925, 14.250207

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 18297 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Campana urbs (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Capua (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Καπύη (Kapue: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Capua makes connections with:

Capua part of (regional) Campanus Ager (unspecified date range)
Capua bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
Capua connection Via Appia (unspecified date range)

Capua receives connections from:

Domus Confuleius located at Capua (30 BC - AD 300)
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)

Place type:
settlement, amphitheatre, amphitheater

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F3 Capua

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S. Maria Capua Vetere

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Suggested citation:
N. Purcell, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Wade Tuttle, R. Talbert, and jfu, 'Capua: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432754> [accessed: 06 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432754 |title=Places: 432754 (Capua) |author=Purcell, N. |accessdate=October 6, 2024 3:18 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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