Cales
Location | Calvi Risorta, Province of Caserta, Italy |
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Region | Campania |
Coordinates | 41°12′0″N 14°7′55.2″E / 41.20000°N 14.132000°E |
Type | Settlement |
Site notes | |
Management | Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Salerno, Avellino e Caserta |
Public access | Yes |
Website | Sito Archeologico di Cales (in Italian) |
Cales was an ancient city of
Ausoni, on the Via Latina
.
The
Social War it became a municipium. The fertility of its territory and its manufacture of black glazed pottery, which was even exported to Etruria, made it prosperous. At the end of the 3rd century BC it appears as a colony, and in the 5th century (AD) it became an episcopal see, which (jointly with Tano since 1818) it still is, though it is now a mere village. The cathedral, of the 12th century, has a carved portal and three apses decorated with small arches and pilasters, and contains a fine pulpit and episcopal throne in marble mosaic. Near it are two grottos, which have been used for Christian worship and contain frescoes of the 10th and 11th centuries.[1] Inscriptions name six gates of the town: and there are considerable remains of antiquity, especially of an amphitheatre and theatre, of a supposed temple, and other edifices.[2]
A number of tombs belonging to the Roman necropolis were discovered in 1883.[2]
See also
- Aurunca, another city of the Ausones/Aurunci
- Ausona (ancient city), another city of the Ausones/Aurunci
- Coinage of Cales
References
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- ^ Ashby 1911 cites: E. Bertaux, L'Art dans l'Italie méridionale (Paris, 1904), i. 244, &c.
- ^ a b Ashby 1911.
Attribution:
- public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Cales". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1004. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the