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Sinuessa
41.1414° N, 13.8528° E
About
Sinuessa (Greek: Σινούεσσα or Σινόεσσα) was a city of Latium, in the more extended sense of the name, situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 10 km north of the mouth of the Volturno River (the ancient Vulturnus). It was on the line of the Via Appia, and was the last place where that great highroad touched on the sea-coast. The ruins of the city are located in the modern-day comune of Sessa Aurunca . The city ruins are located, as the crow flies, 12.24 km SSW from the modern city of Sessa Aurunca and 41.43 km from the Province of Caserta. It is 26.71 km from the regional capital (Naples/Napoli) Campania, Italy.
Historical Timeline
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Hannibal's ravages
217 BCE
Attempted exemption from naval service
191 BCE
Colonists under the Triumvirate
1st century BCE
Caesar's overnight stay
49 BCE
Reference by Marcus Aurelius
c. AD 180
Pseudo-Council of Sinuessa
AD 303
Second Samnite War and destruction of Ausonian towns
326–314 BCE
Latin War (cities allied against Rome)
340–338 BCE
Abandonment and decline
5th century AD
Lombard control of Montis Dragonis
840–1058
Italian unification context
1861
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