Bojano or Boiano (pop. 8,314) is a comune in the province of Campobasso, Molise, Italy. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Campobasso (It. ... Molise is a region of central Italy, the second smallest of the regions. ...

Originally named Bovianum, it was settled by the 7th century BC. As the capital of the Pentri Samnites, it played a major role in the Samnite Wars, as well as in the Social War, when it was a temporary capital (93 BC). It was sacked by Sulla. (8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC - other centuries) (700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Scythians arrived in Asia Collapse... The Samnite Wars were three wars between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium. ... The Social War (also called the Italian War) was a war from 91 – 88 BC between the Roman Republic and the other cities in Italy. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC Years: 98 BC 97 BC 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC - 93 BC - 92 BC 91 BC 90... This page is about the Roman dictator Sulla, for the Brythonic goddess sometimes called Sulla, see Sul. ...

It was colonized under both the triumvirates, and by Vespasian, who settled veterans of Legio XI Claudia (whence the name Bovianum Undecumanorum), and remained an important into late antiquity. The term triumvirate is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. ... Vespasian sestertius, struck in 71 to celebrate the victory in the Jewish Rebellion. ... Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis (faithful and loyal Claudian legion) was a Roman legion. ... Late Antiquity is a rough periodization (c. ...

Remains of Cyclopean walls remain on the heights above the modern town. Cyclopean is a descriptor applied to the characteristic wall-building method of the Mycenaean culture. ...

References

• G. de Benedittis, Bovianum ed il suo territorio (1977)
• Official comune homepage