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Santa Maria Capua Vetere (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 41 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.0833 decimal degrees |
Long: 014 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.2500 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
82.021 feet |
25.0000 meters |
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Note: Medieval town built on the site of an ancient site. Was a settlement with Villanovan characteristics in mid-9th cen. BCE; became an Etruscan city 7th century BCE; conquered by Samnites mid-5th century BCE; after it was nearly destroyed by Saracens in 840 CE, inhabitants emigrated to Casilinum (Capua). |
Names: |
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Santa Maria Capua Vetere (preferred,C,V)
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Santa Maria Capua Vétere (C,V)
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S. Maria Capua Vetere (C,V)
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Capua Vetere (C,V)
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Capua (H,V)
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Colonia Julia Augusta Felix (H,V)
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Capuae (H,V)
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Capeva (C,V,Etruscan,U)
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Campana urbs (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled during mid-9th cen. BC; was important Etruscan city |
town (C) |
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Samnite (H) |
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Etruscan (H) |
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Villanovan (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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moved to .... |
Capua .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italia, Campania, Caserta province) [7004529] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Campana urbs.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 9 March 2020 |
Colonia Julia Augusta Felix.......... |
[VP] |
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TCI: Campania (1981) 177 |
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