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Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Santa Maria Capua Vetere is a town in Campania, Italy, on the site of ancient Capua, once the largest city of southern Italy. Its remains include a great Roman amphitheatre, second in size only to the Colosseum, and a painted Mithraeum. The gladiator revolt of Spartacus began in a training school there in 73 BCE.

Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Santa Maria Capua Vetere. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/santa-maria-capua-vetere
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