Aeclanum

Coordinates: 41°3′14″N 15°0′40″E / 41.05389°N 15.01111°E / 41.05389; 15.01111
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Aeclanum
Aeculanum
View of the thermae with the opus reticulatum brickwork
Aeclanum is located in Italy
Aeclanum
Shown within Italy
LocationMirabella Eclano (Province of Avellino, Italy)
RegionCampania
Coordinates41°3′14″N 15°0′40″E / 41.05389°N 15.01111°E / 41.05389; 15.01111
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsRoman Republic – Byzantine Empire
CulturesSamnites – Ancient Rome
Site notes
ArchaeologistsItalo Sgobbo
ManagementSoprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta
Public accessYes
WebsiteAeclanum

Aeclanum (also spelled Aeculanum,

Passo di Mirabella, near the modern Mirabella Eclano
.

It is now an

archaeological park
.

Roman roads in the region

Location

Aeclanum was on a promontory naturally defended, to some extent, by a steep slope on the south side down to the river Calore, while the north side lay open towards the crest of the ridge where the

Abellinum (modern Atripalda, near Avellino
) may also follow an ancient line.

Today there are ruins of the city walls, of an

aqueduct, baths and an amphitheatre; nearly 400 inscriptions have also been discovered. Excavation has revealed a long history of pre-Roman settlement.[2][3][4]

History

Aeclanum was a town of the

Sulla captured it in 89 BC by setting on fire the wooden breastwork by which it was defended, and sacked it. It quickly recovered, new fortifications were erected, and it became a municipium. Hadrian, who repaired the Via Appia from Beneventum to this point, made it a colonia
(colony).

With the Lombard invasion of Italy, in the 6th century AD, it was annexed to the Duchy of Benevento, but was captured and destroyed by Eastern Roman forces under Constans II in 663 and never recovered, being reduced to a small hamlet known as Quintodecimo, a name that referred to its distance of 15 Roman miles from Benevento.[2][3]

Bishopric

Aeclanum became a

suffragan see of Benevento in 969 and 1058. From 1059 it was definitively united with Frequentium.[5][6] No longer a residential bishopric, Aeclanum is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[7]

Gallery

  • The central road
    The central road
  • Remains of the houses (1)
    Remains of the houses (1)
  • Remains of the houses (2)
    Remains of the houses (2)
  • Side view of the thermae
    Side view of the thermae

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Aeclanun on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani
  2. ^ a b "AECLANUM (Eclano) Italy" in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
  3. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aeclanum". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 244.
  4. ^ Aeclanum
  5. ^ Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1864, vol. XIX, p. 180
  6. ^ "Storia della diocesi di Avellino". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  7. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 884

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