Amiternum (Samnium)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 17, 2021 03:01 PM
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History
An ancient city in Samnium located between Interamna Lirenas and Atina perhaps corresponding to the modern comune of Sant'Elia Fiumerapido (FR).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573036190
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settlement, settlement-modern
Pleiades
During the Third Samnite War (293 B.C.), the Roman consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus captured and destroyed Amiternum. The opinion offered by S. Oakley contradicts those of Nissen, Salmon, and La Regina.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Amiternum (Samnium): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573036190> [accessed: 16 June 2021]
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