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See also:ARPINO (anc. Arpinum)
, a See also:town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, 1475 ft. above See also:sea-level; 12 M. by See also:rail N.W. of Roccasecca, a station on the railway from See also:Naples to See also:Rome
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See also:Arpino occupies the See also:lower See also:part of the site of the See also:ancient Volscian town of Arpinum, which was finally taken from the See also:Samnites by the See also:Romans in 305 B.C
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It became a civitas sine suffragio, but received full privileges (civitas cum suffragio) in 188 B.C. with Formiae and Fundi; it was governed as a praefectura until the Social See also:War, and then became a See also:municipium
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The ancient polygonal walls, which are still finely preserved, are among the best in Italy
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They are built of blocks of See also:pudding-See also: Near it is an ancient See also:bridge, of a road which crossed the Liris to Cereatae (See also:modern See also:Casamari) . The painter Giuseppe See also:Cesari (1560-1640), more often known as the See also:Cavaliere d' Arpino, was also born here . See 0 . E . See also:Schmidt, Arpinum, eine topographisch-historische Skizze (See also:Meissen, 1900) . (T . |
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