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Corfinium

Corfinium was the chief town of the Paeligni in the Abruzzo mountains of central Italy, near modern Corfinio. In 91 BCE the Italian allies who revolted against Rome in the Social War made it their capital and renamed it Italia. In 49 BCE Julius Caesar besieged and took it from Domitius Ahenobarbus early in the civil war.

Corfinium
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

PaeligniItalia (Social War confederation)

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Corfinium. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corfinium
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