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, around 600 BC.
Capua (Etruscan); Santa Maria Capua Vetere (modern).
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Campania was a region southeast of Latium. Many different cities were built in this region. The Etruscans founded Capua. Several Greek cities were founded, including Cumae and Naples. Cumae Capua 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 city was called Neapolis, or "New City". To the west was Lake Avernus, and beyond that was Cumae , home...
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 on the island of Euboea, in the mid-8th century BC; perhaps the earliest to be colonised by the Greek...
The people who spoke the extinct Etruscan language were called Etruscans by the Romans, but Tyrrhenians or Tyrrenians by the Greeks. The sea was named after the Etruscans - the Tyrrhenian Sea. Their land was called Etruria, a region that comprised...
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 Latium and north of Campania and Apulia. The Samnites were the largest group that spoke the Italic dialec...
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 called Puglia. It was also called Iapygia, after the Iapyges. A number of Greek cities were founded...
Ancient Latium corresponded to the geographical region of Lazio. The tribe of Italic people living in this area spoke the language of Latin, which included those living in the city of Rome . However, in classical mythology, Rome was not originally...
An Etruscan city. Tarquinia was the birthplace of the first Etruscan king in Rome, Lucius Priscus Tarquinius (Lucumo). Tarquinius was a son of a Corinthian named Demaratus, and an unnamed Etruscan woman. Tarquinius' wife, Tanaquil, encouraged him ...
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's Laurentum, which didn't exist historically, and Laurentum was the original name for Lavinium and ...
Carthage was a Phoenician city in North Africa, which was located near the modern city of Tunis. The original name of the city was probably Byrsa (the "citadel"). Carthage was said to have been founded by Dido, sometimes called Elissa, a Phoenicia...