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Argyripa
Argyripa is ancient name for Arpi, a city in Apulia. A city found by the Argive hero, Diomedes , who had fought against the Trojans at Troy. Accord...
By Jimmy Joe
Apulia
Apulia was a region that resembled the heel of a boot in Italy, now known as the Salentina (Salentine) peninsula, in southeast Italy. Apulia is now...
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Samnium
Samnium was the name of the region where the tribe known as the Samnites lived. The region was mountainous, in the Abruzzo mountains, east of Latiu...
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Naples (Neapolis)
Naples was a major port in Campania, founded by the Greeks around 600 BC, on the coast of the Bay of Naples. To the east is Mount Vesuvius. The cit...
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Capua
Capua was a city located on the bank of Voltumus, 26 km north of Naples, Campania. It was founded by the Etruscans at the height of their power, ar...
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Cumae
Cumae was a major ancient port city in Campania, some 20 km west of Naples. The city was founded and colonised by the Greeks from Chalcís, a city o...
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Campania
Campania was a region southeast of Latium. Many different cities were built in this region. The Etruscans founded Capua. Several Greek cities were ...
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Ardea
The capital of the Rutali people or the Rutalians, and home of Turnus . Ardea was a city on the Latin coast. According to the Aeneid, Turnus led th...
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Lavinium
Lavinium was a city founded by Aeneas, who named it after his wife Lavinia, daughter of Latinus and Amata. It is possible that this city was Virgil...
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Alba Longa
Alba Longa was on the Alban hills, in Latium, on the shore of Lake Albanus. The city was said to be founded by Ascanius , son of Aeneas and Creusa,...
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Rome
Rome (Roma) was a city-state on the banks of River Tiber, located in the region of ancient Latium. Although Rome is now larger than it was back the...
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Latium
Ancient Latium corresponded to the geographical region of Lazio. The tribe of Italic people living in this area spoke the language of Latin, which ...