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Venafrum
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Location	Comune di Venafro
Region	Campania
Coordinates	41°29′08″N 14°02′23″E / 41.48556°N 14.03972°E
Type	Settlement
History
Periods	Roman Republic
Cultures	Ancient Rome
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Excavation dates	yes

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Venafrum was an ancient town of Molise, Italy, close to the boundaries of both Latium adiectum and Samnium. Its site is occupied by the modern Venafro, a village on the railway from Isernia to Vairano, 25 km southwest of the former, 201 m above sea-level.^[1]^[2]

Overview

Venafrum was established as a civitas sine suffragio in 201 BC.^[3] Ancient authors tell us but little about it, except that it was one of those towns governed by a prefect sent yearly from Rome, and that in the Social War it was taken by the allies by treachery. Augustus founded a colony there and provided for the construction of an aqueduct (cf. the long decree relating to it in Corp. Inscr. Lat. x. No. 4842).^[1]

It seems to have been a place of some importance. Its olive oil was the best in Italy, and Cato mentions its brickworks and iron manufactures. The original line of the Via Latina probably ran through Venafrum, making a detour, which the later road seems to have avoided. Rufrae was probably dependent on it. Roads also ran from Venafrum to Isernia and to Telesia by way of Allifae.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Venafrum". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 980.
^ Sylvia Diebner (1979). Aesernia-Venafrum: Tafeln. G. Bretschneider. ISBN 9788885007277.
^ Marta Conventi (2004). Città romane di fondazione. L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-88-8265-285-2.

External links

Purcell, N., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies (2 December 2021). "Places: 433185 (Venafrum)". Pleiades. Retrieved March 8, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

41°29′08″N 14°02′23″E / 41.48556°N 14.03972°E / 41.48556; 14.03972

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Venafrum". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 980.

[Diebner1979-2] Sylvia Diebner (1979). Aesernia-Venafrum: Tafeln. G. Bretschneider. ISBN 9788885007277.

[Conventi2004-3] Marta Conventi (2004). Città romane di fondazione. L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-88-8265-285-2.

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-'''Venafrum''' was an ancient town of [[Campania]], [[Italy]], close to the boundaries of both [[Latium adiectum]] and [[Samnium]]. Its site is occupied by the modern [[Venafro]], a village on the railway from [[Isernia]] to [[Vairano]], 25&nbsp;km  southwest of the former, 201 m  above sea-level.
+'''Venafrum''' was an ancient town of [[Molise]], [[Italy]], close to the boundaries of both [[Latium adiectum]] and [[Samnium]]. Its site is occupied by the modern [[Venafro]], a village on the railway from [[Isernia]] to [[Vairano]], 25&nbsp;km  southwest of the former, 201 m  above sea-level.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Venafrum|volume=27|page=980|first=Thomas|last=Ashby|authorlink=Thomas Ashby (archaeologist)}}</ref><ref name="Diebner1979">{{cite book|author=Sylvia Diebner|title=Aesernia-Venafrum: Tafeln|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEx-AAAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=G. Bretschneider|isbn=9788885007277 }}</ref>
 ==Overview==
-Ancient authors tell us but little about it, except that it was one of those towns governed by a [[prefect]] sent yearly from Rome, and that in the [[Social War (91–88 BC)|Social War]] it was taken by the allies by treachery. [[Augustus]] founded a colony there and provided for the construction of an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]]{{dn|date=February 2013}} (cf. the long decree relating to it in ''Corp. Inscr. Lat.'' x. No. 4842). It seems to have been a place of some importance. Its [[olive oil]] was the best in Italy, and [[Cato the Elder|Cato]] mentions its brickworks and iron manufactures. The original line of the [[Via Latina]] probably ran through Venafrum, making a detour, which the later road seems to have avoided. [[Rufrae]] was probably dependent on it. Roads also ran from Venafrum to [[Isernia]] and to [[Telesia]] by way of [[Allifae]]. Of ancient remains hardly anything is left, some traces of an amphitheatre and fragments of polygonal walls only.
+Venafrum was established as a ''civitas sine suffragio'' in 201 BC.<ref name="Conventi2004">{{cite book|author=Marta Conventi|title=Città romane di fondazione|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XOB-njz7XsC&pg=PA60|year=2004|publisher=L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER|isbn=978-88-8265-285-2|pages=60–}}</ref> Ancient authors tell us but little about it, except that it was one of those towns governed by a [[prefect]] sent yearly from Rome, and that in the [[Social War (91–88 BC)|Social War]] it was taken by the allies by treachery. [[Augustus]] founded a colony there and provided for the construction of an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]] (cf. the long decree relating to it in ''Corp. Inscr. Lat.'' x. No. 4842).<ref name="EB1911"/>
+It seems to have been a place of some importance. Its [[olive oil]] was the best in Italy, and [[Cato the Elder|Cato]] mentions its brickworks and iron manufactures. The original line of the [[Via Latina]] probably ran through Venafrum, making a detour, which the later road seems to have avoided. [[Rufrae]] was probably dependent on it. Roads also ran from Venafrum to [[Isernia]] and to [[Telesia]] by way of [[Allifae]].<ref name="EB1911"/>
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-{{EB1911|wstitle=Venafrum|volume=27}}
 ==External links==
-{{cite web |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433185 |title=Places: 433185 (Venafrum) |author=Purcell, N., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies |accessdate=March 8, 2012<!-- 8:39 am -->|publisher=Pleiades}}
+*{{cite web |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433185 |title=Places: 433185 (Venafrum) |author=Purcell, N., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies |date=2 December 2021 |access-date=March 8, 2012<!-- 8:39 am -->|publisher=Pleiades}}
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+{{EB1911 article with no significant updates}}
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-[[Category:Roman sites of Molise]]
 [[Category:Former populated places in Italy]]
 [[Category:Archaeological sites in Molise]]
+[[Category:Venafro]]
 [[es:Venafrum]]

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