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Suessa Aurunca

Also known as Sessa Aurunca

Suessa Aurunca was a town of the Aurunci in northern Campania, now Sessa Aurunca. After the Romans destroyed the Aurunci in the later fourth century BCE, a Latin colony was founded there in 313 BCE. It remained a prosperous Roman town on the edge of the Ager Falernus.

Suessa Aurunca
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Suessa Aurunca. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suessa-aurunca
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“Suessa Aurunca.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suessa-aurunca. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Suessa Aurunca.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/suessa-aurunca.
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