Canusium

Place

Civil War 1.24 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “Pompeius, learning of the events that had happened at Corfinium, goes from Luceria to Canusium and thence to Brundisium. …”

Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.

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Geographical record

Pleiades representative point · precise

A center of the ancient Daunians, Canusium became allied to Rome in 318 B.C. It received municipal status in 88 B.C.

Pleiades 442525 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 D2 Canusium

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