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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nola |
 | | In the war with the Marsi, the latter took Nola, in 90 B.C., but, notwithstanding their brilliant defense of the city, it was retaken from them in the year 89, and its recapture put an end to that war. |
 | | The battle of Nola (1459) is famous for the clever stratagem by which John of Anjou defeated Alfonso of Aragon. |
 | | Nola was the birthplace of Giordano Bruno, of Luigi Tausillo, the philosopher and poet, of the sculptor Giovanni Merliano, whose work is well represented in the cathedral, and of the physician Ambrogio Leo. |
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