Definition: Campania was an area of southern Italy located southeast of Rome. It was a part of Magna Graecia [see map of southern Italy]. In Campania were Capua, Neapolis (Naples), Cumae, Baiae, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Caudium, Salernum, Casilínum, and Nola. The famous volcano of Mt. Vesuvius was here, and also Lake Avernus.
Campania
From Robert F. Pennell
Map of ancient Campania
Public Domain from the 1886 Ginn & Company Classical Atlas, by Keith Johnston.Terms Related to Campania
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