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	Ariano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Diocese in the Archdiocese of Beneventum, comprising seven towns in the province of Avellino, four in that of Beneventum, and one in the province of Foggia.
		Beneventum, at the beginning of the fourth century, had a bishop, and the Gospel may have reached Ariano from that city.
		The Bishop of Beneventum was one of the nineteen prelates who were present at the Synod of Rome, held in the year 313.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/ariano.html (336 words)

	aeclanum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		E.S.E. of Beneventum, on the Via Appia (near the modern Mirabella).
		Sulla captured it in 89 BC by setting on fire the wooden breastwork by which it was defended, and new fortifications were erected.
		Hadrian, who repaired the Via Appia from Beneventum to this point, made it a colony; it has ruins of the city walls, of an aqueduct, baths and an amphitheatre; nearly 400 inscriptions have also been discovered.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /aeclanum.html (281 words)

	Benevento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is situated on a hill 400 ft. above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore and Sabbato.
		The site was the chief town of the Samnites, who took refuge here after their defeat by the Roman Republic in 314 BC.
		The position is naturally strong, being protected by the two rivers, and the medieval fortifications, which are nearly 2 miles in length, probably follow the ancient line, which was razed to the ground by Totila.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benevento (1387 words)

	Benevento - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is supposed to have been founded in the imperial period by Diomedes.
		It appears not to have fallen into the hands of the latter until Pyrrhus's absence in Sicily, but served them as a base of operations in the last campaign against him in 275 BC.
		A Latin colony was planted there in 268 BC, and it was then that the name was changed for the sake of the omen, and probably then that the Via Appia was extended from Capua to Beneventum.
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/be/Beneventum.html (629 words)

	GTP
		Hence it is evident that the Hirpini at this time formed an integral part of the Samnite league, and were included by the Roman annalists (whose language on such points Livy follows with scrupulous fidelity) under the general name of Samnites, without attempting to distinguish between the several tribes of that people.
		The towns which may be assigned with certainty to the Hirpini are: Beneventum by far the most important city in this part of Italy, and which is often referred to Samnium, but must have properly been included in the Hirpini, and is expressly called by Pliny the only Roman colony in their territory (Plin.
		In the valley of the Tamarus, N. of the territory of Beneventum, were situated the Ligures Barbiani Et Corneliani, a colony of Ligurians transplanted to the heart of these mountain regions in B.C. 180 (Liv.
	www.gtp.gr /LocInfo.asp?infoid=24&code=EIT0IT&PrimeCode=EIT0IT&Level=4&PrimeLevel=4&IncludeWide=1&LocId=69524 (1278 words)

	The History of Rome, Vol. III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		When the Campanians, in their turn, heard of the disaster which had overtaken them and their allies, they sent to Hannibal to inform him that the two consuls were at Beneventum, a day's march from Capua, and that the war had all but reached their walls and gates.
		The consuls left Beneventum and marched their legions into the territory of Capua, partly to destroy the crops of corn which were now in the blade, and partly with the view of making an attack upon the city.
		They sent orders, therefore, to Tiberius Gracchus, who was in Lucania, to come to Beneventum with his cavalry and light infantry, and to leave some one in command of the legions in the standing camp who were protecting Lucania.
	wyllie.lib.virginia.edu:8086 /perl/toccer-new?id=Liv3His.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=237&division=div2 (853 words)

	APPIN - LoveToKnow Article on APPIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Probably it is extended as far as Beneventum not long after the coloniza- 8i m of this town in 268 B.c., and it seems to have reached un ~nusia before 190 B.C. Horace, in the journey to Brundusium ~m scribed in Sat.
		The portion of the road from Rome to Beneventum is ~cribed by Sir R. Colt Hoare, Classical Tour through Italy, seq.
		From Beneventum to Brundusium by the Via Appia, through nusia and Tarentum, was 202 m.
	35.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AP/APPIN.htm (1221 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pyrrhus of Epirus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Pyrrhic War was a war between Pyrrhus of Epirus and Rome that lasted from 280 BCE to 275 BCE.
		When he returned, he fought a last inconclusive battle at Beneventum (275 BC) in southern Italy.
		The Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) was the last battle fought between the forces of Pyrrhus of Epirus (without Samnite allies) and the Romans, led by consul Marcus Curius Dentatus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pyrrhus-of-Epirus (3247 words)

	Curius Dentatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He first appears as consul in 290 BC, defeating both the Samnites and Sabines that year, and (according to the sources) celebrating two triumphss.
		As suffect consul in 284 he defeated the Senones, as consul again in 275 he decisively defeated Pyrrhus in the battle of Beneventum, and the Lucani in the following year.
		At home Dentatus was responsible for partly draining Lake Velinus (289), and in 272 began the construction of the Anio Vetus, Rome's second aqueduct.
	www.wikiverse.org /curius-dentatus (236 words)

	The History of Rome, Vol. III
		The whole population of Beneventum poured out in crowds to meet them at the gates; they embraced and congratulated the soldiers and invited them to partake of their hospitality.
		Gracchus thought the scene worth commemorating, and on his return to Rome he ordered a representation of that celebrated day to be painted in the temple of Liberty; the temple which his father had built and dedicated on the Aventine out of the proceeds of the fines.
		They stated that they had had notice from the financial commissioners that they were to receive the value of their slaves, but they would not accept it till the war was at an end.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /etcbin/toccer-new?id=Liv3His&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=4&division=div1 (19002 words)

	Verres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He at first supported Marius and the popular party, but soon went over to the other side.
		Sulla made him a present of land at Beneventum, and secured him against punishment for embezzlement.
		In 80, Verres was quaestor in Asia on the staff of Gn.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Verres (512 words)

	Northvegr - History of the Langobards
		When he came to the Penlapolis, while he was proceeding from Fanum (Fano) [2] to the City of Forum Simphronii (Fossombrone), [3] in the wood which is between these places, the Spoletans uniting with the Romans brought great disasters on the king's army.
		When he hastened to Beneventum, Godescalc having heard of his approach, endeavored to embark in a ship and flee to Greece.
		After he had put his wife and all his goods in the ship and attempted himself, last of all, to embark, the people of Beneventum who were faithful to Gisulf, fell upon him and he was killed.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/langobard/044.php (3348 words)

	Northvegr - History of the Langobards
		Thereupon he surrounded Beneventum with all his army and began to reduce it energetically.
		And while Grimuald his father was now hastening on, he sent to his son to announce his approach, that same tutor of his of whom we have spoken.
		And when the latter had come near Beneventum he was captured by the Greeks and brought to the emperor, who asked of him whence he had come, and he said he had come from King Grimuald and he announced the speedy approach of that king.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/langobard/031.php (1478 words)

	Byzantine Coins May 1999 Coins of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is a superb example of a fairly common variety Beneventum solidus that is struck in electrum.
		By this time in history, Beneventum was in a major decline and most of the coinage was extremely debased.
		And like all other Beneventum pieces, I feel that it is currently undervalued for the true rarity.
	www.byzantinecoins.com /May1999.html (243 words)

	APPIA, VIA - Online Information article about APPIA, VIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. by rail from the town oI Caserta.
		Romans followed up every victory with a road.latter, with the exception of three well-preserved bridges, which still serve for the modern highroad, are conspicuous by their See also:
		Hadrian for the 15 M. between Beneventum and Aeclanum.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/APPIA_VIA.html (984 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Talking of omens, Beneventum ("fair wind") gets its name from an early PR job, since before the Romans conquered the city, it was called Maleventum which in Latin means roughtly "the wind of evil".
		Today Beneventum is a small city of just under 100,000 people.
		It is rich in monuments and relics of its long history, from the statue to the Egyptian bull-god Apis to the churches of the Longobards and the communal palace built by Pope Paul V.
	www.cjcr.cam.ac.uk /news/riders/caserta.html (466 words)

	St. Januarius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"At Pozzuoli in Campania [the memory] of the holy martyrs Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum, Festus his deacon, and Desiderius lector, together with Socius deacon of the church of Misenas, Proculus deacon of Pozzuoli, Eutyches and Acutius, who after chains and imprisonment were beheaded under the Emperor Diocletian.
		By God's will, the relics of Januarius were taken to Naples at last, after having been carried from Pozzuoli to Beneventum and from Beneventum to Monte Vergine.
		When they were brought thence to Naples they were laid in the chief church there and have been there famous on account of many miracles.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Januarius_von_Neapel.html (2077 words)

	The History of Rome, Vol. III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He then issued orders for the corn which had been stored in the friendly cities round to be carried to his camp, and assigned detachments to guard the convoys.
		When he had satisfied himself that this information was correct, he issued an order for his men to get ready their standards and arms against nightfall-and nothing else-as they would have to attack the Carthaginian camp.
		Leaving their kits and all their baggage in Beneventum, they started at the fourth watch and reached the camp just before dawn.
	wyllie.lib.virginia.edu:8086 /perl/toccer-new?id=Liv3His.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=235&division=div2 (490 words)

	Battle of Beneventum (214 BC) -- Polybian Romans vs. Later Carthaginians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Following the disastrous defeat at Cannae the Romans under Fabius adopted a policy of fighting Carthage wherever Hannibal was not.
		It was fought near Beneventum in Samnium between a Punic army composed mainly of Italians and a Roman army of slave volunteers.
		Gracchus was at Beneventum with a similar sized army consisting of slaves who had volunteered for service against Hannibal in return for their eventual freedom.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/beneventum214bc.html (521 words)

	The History of Rome, Vol. III
		Courage and resolution, however, overcame all difficulties, and in some places the Romans had forced their way to the breastwork and fosse, but with heavy loss in killed and wounded, when the consul, calling round him the superior officers, told them that they must desist from the hazardous attempt.
		He thought it would be wiser to march back to Beneventum for that day, and on the next day to bring their camp close up to the enemy's camp, so that the Campanians could not quit it and Hanno would be unable to return to it.
		He had left the camp with his lictors and three attendants to bathe in the river, whilst the enemy were concealed in osier beds on the bank, and whilst naked and defenceless was killed, after vainly endeavouring to drive off the enemy by stones from the bed of the river.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /etcbin/toccer-new?id=Liv3His&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=5&division=div1 (19458 words)

	C414: PORTRAIT SCULPTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Beneventum: Trajan's Arch, Cityside attic left, Olympic deities
		Beneventum: Trajan's Arch, City side left,top panel, land for five colonies; bottom panel, Trajan and the city prefect
		Beneventum: Trajan's Arch, Landside attic left, deities representing Danube provinces
	www.indiana.edu /~leach/c414/trajport.html (278 words)

	Byzantine Coins Aprill 1999 Coin of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This is a another variety of a rare Beneventum solidus.
		It is interesting that these pieces still use the obverse legends of Justinian I, even though 200 years had past since his reign.
		I believe that this is due to the debasement of the coinage by mixing silver and the silver has oxidized.
	www.byzantinecoins.com /April1999.html (214 words)

	BENEVENTUM
		Date "BENEVENTUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350.
		Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles Northeast of Naples.
		Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or Maluentum (meaning "the site of bad wind" - some authors also proposed it could mean "a place of crazy people", as in ancient times it was supposed that mad people had a sort of wind storm inside their head).
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/BENEVENTUM (589 words)

	Benevento, Campania - Italy
		The town was the chief center of the Samnites, who took refuge here after their defeat by the Roman Republic in 314 BC.
		A Latin colony was established in 268 BC, and it was then that the name was changed for the sake of superstition, and probably then that the Via Appia was extended from Capua to Beneventum.
		The naturally strong position, protected by the two rivers, and the medieval fortifications, which are nearly 2 miles in length, probably follow the ancient line, which was razed to the ground by Totila.
	www.italyworldclub.com /campania/benevento/benevento.htm (571 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter56)
		As he wrestled with a reluctant maid, a beam in the roof was accidentally or dexterously thrown down on his head; and the death of the lustful emir was imputed to the wrath of Christ, which was at length awakened to the defence of his faithful spouse.
		The Saracens besieged the cities of Beneventum and Capua: after a vain appeal to the successors of Charlemagne, the Lombards implored the clemency and aid of the Greek emperor.
		supported the rebels of Beneventum; and his wanton cruelty was not incompatible in that age with the character of a hero.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter56.html (19120 words)

	The Abbey of Montecassino: An history outline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Through the ages, the abbey was looked upon as a place of holiness, culture and art for which it became renowned on world-wide level.
		Around 577, the monastery was destroyed by the Longobards of Zotone, Duke of Beneventum, but early in the eighth century Pope Gregory II commissioned the Brescian Petronace to rebuild the monastery.
		Boniface, Founder of Fulda and of German monasticism, Gisulf II Duke of Beneventum, Carlomanno brother of Pippin, Ratchis king of the Longobards, Anselm future abbot of Nonantola all flocked to Montecassino.
	www.officine.it /montecassino/storia_e/abbazia.htm (426 words)

	[No title]
		God, through the blood which His servant shed for Him, some of which is conserved in Naples, continues to strengthen the faith of the Church, and to work there a regular miracle by its means.
		This beloved Saint of the late third century was the bishop of Beneventum, and had a friend, a deacon named Sosius, who like himself was occupied with fortifying the Christians faced with martyrdom.
		When the prefect of Pouzzoles, where Sosius had been imprisoned, heard that Januarius was coming to visit him and three other fervent Christians being held there, he had him arrested.
	www.infocatholic.com /viewSaint.aspx?SID=326 (444 words)

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