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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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............ | ancient |
| 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, Italy, 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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