Capua

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ancient city

Capua is an ancient city in southern Italy that was a prominent center of the Oscan-speaking Samnites and later an important Roman ally and urban hub.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
connectedBy Via Appia ⓘ
Via Domitiana ⓘ
Via Latina ⓘ
consequenceOfEvent loss of political autonomy after Second Punic War ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.105°N 14.213°E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
ethnicGroupInHistory Etruscans ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
surface form: Oscan-speaking Samnites

Romans ⓘ
foundedBy Etruscans ⓘ
Oscan-speaking peoples ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite ancient Capua archaeological area ⓘ
hasStructure amphitheatre of Pompeii ⓘ
surface form: Amphitheatrum Campanum

Roman roads junction ⓘ
historicalEvent Roman reconquest after defection to Hannibal ⓘ
alliance with Rome during Samnite Wars ⓘ
defection to Hannibal during the Second Punic War ⓘ
knownFor amphitheatre of Capua ⓘ
fertile surrounding plains (Campanian plain) ⓘ
luxury and wealth in Roman times ⓘ
production of wine and agricultural goods ⓘ
languageInHistory Latin ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
surface form: Oscan
locatedIn Campania ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
locatedNear modern city of Santa Maria Capua Vetere ⓘ
locatedOn Volturno River ⓘ
modernSuccessor Santa Maria Capua Vetere ⓘ
nearbySettlement Caserta ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
partOf Magna Graecia ⓘ
surface form: Magna Graecia and surrounding Italic regions

Roman state ⓘ
surface form: Roman Italy

ancient Campania urban network ⓘ
region Campania ⓘ
religionInHistory Italic polytheism ⓘ
Roman paganism ⓘ
role important Roman ally ⓘ
major urban center in ancient Campania ⓘ
municipium in the Roman state ⓘ
regional economic hub ⓘ
significantPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Samnite period ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Roman antiquity ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Via Appia → connects → Capua ⓘ
ancient Italy → majorCity → Capua ⓘ