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Encyclopedia > Liternum

An ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the low sandy coast between Cumae and the mouth of the Volturnus. It was probably once dependent on Cumae. In 194 BC it became a Roman colony. it is mainly famous as the residence of the elder Scipio, who withdrew from Rome and died here. His tomb and villa are described by Seneca the Younger. Augustus Caesar is said to have conducted here a colony of veterans, but the place never had any great importance, and the lagoons behind it made it unhealthy, though the construction of the Via Domitiana through it must have made it a posting station. It ceased to exist in the 8th century. No remains are visible.


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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.


The Hunterian Museum's page on [[1] (http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/contact/staff/jdevine/Liternum/Liternum.shtml|Liternum)], with maps and photos.


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Liternum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (181 words)
Liternum was an ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the low sandy coast between Cumae and the mouth of the Volturnus.
In 194 BC it became a Roman colony.
Augustus Caesar is said to have conducted a colony of veterans to Liternum.
Licola - Wikipedia (711 words)
Negli anni '70 e '80, il territorio divenne sede di numerose cave per l'estrazione della sabbia, ora tutte chiuse con bonifica dei siti per effetto dei vincoli ambientali ed archeologici varati dalla Soprintendenza per i beni culturali e ambientali e da quella per i beni archeologici.
La prima testimonianza relativa a Liternum è di epoca romana ed è stata tramandata dallo storico Tito Livio, il quale racconta che nel 194 AC trenta famiglie romane istituirono qui una colonia.
Liternum fu inoltre, una delle quattro più antiche città della Campania in cui si diffuse per primo ed in maniera molto estesa il Cristianesimo, nel I e II secolo DC.
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