Pollentia

Coordinates: 44°41′05″N 7°53′45″E / 44.684739°N 7.895866°E / 44.684739; 7.895866
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Church of San Vittore at Pollenzo.

Pollentia, known today as Pollenzo (

Bra in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy
.

In antiquity Pollentia belonged to the

Augusta Taurinorum (modern Turin) to the coast at Vada Sabatia (modern Vado Ligure, near Savona), at the point of divergence of a road to Hasta (modern Asti), gave it military importance. Decimus Brutus managed to occupy it an hour before Mark Antony in 43 BC. Here Stilicho on April 6, 402, fought the Battle of Pollentia with Alaric I, which though undecided led the Goths
to evacuate Italy.

The place was famous for its brown wool and pottery. Today it is home to the University of Gastronomic Sciences which offers undergraduate, graduate and masters programs focused on gastronomy and food tourism.

According to the

Diana was more probably a tomb
.

Further reading

  • Pollentia: la Pollenzo romana (in Italian), from the website of the Comune of Bra, gives a short history of Pollentia, covering both the Roman town and its subsequent history.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pollentia". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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