Trebula Balliensis

Trebula Balliensis

Trebula shown within Campania region and Caserta province
Location	Pontelatone, Province of Caserta, Italy
Region	Campania
Coordinates	41°12′00″N 14°15′00″E / 41.2000°N 14.2500°E / 41.2000; 14.2500
Type	Settlement
Site notes
Management	Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Salerno, Avellino e Caserta
Public access	Yes

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.^[1] The Monti Trebulani, a small mountain group in the modern province of Caserta, take their name from it.

It 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;^[2] but the Campanian town seems to have been the most considerable of the three, and 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

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)