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Capua: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Santa Maria Capua Vetere

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ancient Italic people Etruscan amphitheatre Appian Way Samnite Oscan language Pompeii Herculaneum Magna Graecia Alba Longa Ostia Paestum Sybaris Campus Martius Praeneste Baiae

Major Events

The western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars

Punic Wars

Spartacus

Third Servile War

Italy

Extent of the Roman Empire in 117 ce

Roman Empire

ancient state [27 bce-476 ce]

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Vairano Patenora: castle

Campania

region, Italy

Key People

Gnaeus Naevius

Roman writer

Errico Malatesta

Italian revolutionary

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