The Monti Trebulani or Colli Caprensi is a mountain range in the province of Caserta , Campania , southern Italy .
6-420: They take their name from the ancient city of Trebula Balliensis , a Roman colony founded in the 3rd-2nd century BC, whose remains are in the frazione Treglia of the comune of Pontelatone . The range has a length of some 20 km, from north to south, starting from the territory of Pietravairano to Bellona . The highest peak in the range is Monte Maggiore, at 1,036 metres (3,999 ft). Sights include
12-432: Is mentioned also by Cicero among the fertile districts of Campania, which Servilius Rullus proposed to distribute among the poorer Roman citizens; and Pliny writes that it was noted for its wines, which had rapidly risen in estimation in his day. The Liber Coloniarum also mentions Trebula among the municipal towns of Campania. It appears to have received a fresh body of settlers under Augustus , but without attaining
18-791: Is termed simply Trebula by Ptolemy , as well as by Livy . The first mention of the name occurs in 303 BCE, when we are told that the Trebulani received the Roman franchise at the same time with the Arpinates . There seems no doubt that the Campanian city is here meant: and this is quite certain in regard to the next notice in Livy, where he tells us that the three cities of Compulteria , Trebula, and Saticula , which had revolted to Hannibal , were recovered by Fabius in 215 BCE. The Trebulanus ager
24-433: The grotto of San Michele, in the comune of Liberi . Trebula Balliensis Trebula or Trebula Balliensis or Trebula Baliensis ( Greek : Τρήβουλα ), was an ancient city of Campania , Italy , the location of which is occupied by the modern village of Treglia in the comune of Pontelatone . The Monti Trebulani , a small mountain group in the modern province of Caserta , take their name from it. It
30-539: The rank of a colony . The site of Trebula, which was erroneously fixed by Cluverius and some local writers to the south of the Vulturnus, appears to be correctly identified by local antiquarians with a place called Treglia or Tregghia, at the foot of the Pizzo San Salvatore, about 10 km north of the Vulturnus and 13 km northeast of Capua . There are said to be considerable ancient remains upon
36-519: Was situated in the district north of the Vulturnus (modern Volturno ), in the mountain tract which extends from near Caiatia (modern Caiazzo ) to the Via Latina . Pliny terms the citizens Trebulani cognomine Balinienses , probably to distinguish them from those of the two cities of the same name among the Sabines ; but the Campanian town seems to have been the most considerable of the three, and
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