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Comino Valley, The Battle of Aquilonia and Cominio

Post author By Visit Atina
Post date 3 July 2020
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Representation of the Battle of Aquilonia in 293 B.C.

The Battle of Aquilonia and Cominium The year that followed (293 BC) saw the decisive event of the third and final war between the Samnites and the Romans, the famous “Battle of Aquilonia and Cominium”, dealt with in no less than nine chapters of the tenth book of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (L. X, 38-46). After the failure of the two [...]

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St. Stephen's Hill, “Medieval Village” Yellow Trail”

Post author By Visit Atina
Post date 12 January 2020

Atina, Collina di S. Stefano Yellow Route - Medieval Village The junction point between the red route (Madonnella) and the yellow route is at the top of the first level of the hill (550 mlm), where an entrance gate to the pre-Roman city was probably located, along the circuit of the cyclopean walls.