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Aeclanum
41.0539° N, 15.0111° E
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Aeclanum (also spelled Aeculanum, Italian: Eclano, Ancient Greek: Ἀικούλανον) was an ancient town of Samnium, Southern Italy, about 25 km east-southeast of Beneventum, on the Via Appia. It lies in Passo di Mirabella, near the modern Mirabella Eclano. It is now an archaeological park.
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Sulla sacks Aeclanum
89 BC
Consecration of Julian of Eclanum
c. 417
Lombard annexation
6th century AD
Destruction by Constans II
663
Mentioned as suffragan see (first attestation)
969
Mentioned as suffragan see (again)
1058
Union with Frequentium
1059
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