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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southern Italy north of Naples. It is named for an important ancient Roman city that was located nearby on the Appian Way.
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The modern city called Capua was, in fact, ancient Casilinum.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The modern city called Capua was, in fact, ancient Casilinum.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The modern city called Capua was, in fact, ancient Casilinum.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The modern city called Capua was, in fact, ancient Casilinum.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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One consul will have to go south because of Capua, which is vital to us.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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After they had passed Capua, which is magnificently situated on
Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters Deristhe L. Hoyt
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It is said to have been called Capua from their general, but it is more probable that it was so called from its situation in a champaign country (campus).
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There is recorded under this year an incident which occurred in a foreign country, but still important enough to be mentioned, namely, the capture of Volturnus, an Etruscan city, now called Capua, by the Samnites.
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We remarked the celebrated Capua, which is distinguished into the new and old.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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It reached from Rome to Capua, that is, about a hun* dred and forty-two miles.
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1780
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