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Nerulum

Nerulum was an ancient town in the interior of Lucania, mentioned by Livy during the wars of the Romans in that country, when it was taken by assault

Nerulum

Lucania

Historical region of Southern Italy

from Potentia was Grumentum, and still farther in that direction were Nerulum and Muranum. In the upland valley of the Tanagrus were Atina, Forum Popilii

Lucania

Apennine Mountains

Mountain ranges stretching the length of Italy

Herculia [it], a branch of the Via Traiana, ran from Aequum Tuticum to the ancient Nerulum. At the narrowest point the plain of Sibari, through which the rivers Coscile

Apennine Mountains

Apennine_Mountains

Muranum

Ancient town of the interior of Lucania

"Summurano", evidently a corruption of "Sub Murano", on the road from Nerulum to Consentia (modern Cosenza); and this is confirmed by the inscription

Muranum

Samnite Wars

Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC

Rome and Apulia was now subdued. In 317 BC Quintus Aemilius Barbula took Nerulum in Lucania. In 316 BC the dictator Lucius Aemilius besieged Saticula, a

Samnite Wars

Samnite_Wars

Quintus Aemilius Barbula

4th-century BC Roman senator and general

consul in 317 BC, in which year a treaty was made with the Apulian Teates, Nerulum was taken by Barbula, and Apulia entirely subdued. (Liv. ix. 20, 21; Diod

Quintus Aemilius Barbula

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