CALATIA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, 6 m . S.E. of See also:

• CAPUA (anc. Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14
• CAPUA (mod. S. Maria di Capua Vetere)

Capua, on the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia, near the point where the Via Popillia branches off from it . It is represented by the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Giacomo alle Galazze . The Via Appia here, as at Capua, abandons its former S.E. direction for.a length of 2000 Oscan ft . (18o4i See also:

• ENGLISH

English ft.), for which it runs due E. and then resumes its course S.E . There are no ruins, but a considerable quantity of debris; and the pre-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• NECROPOLIS

necropolis was partially excavated in 1882 . Ten shafts lined with slabs of tufa which were there found may have been the approaches to tombs or may have served as See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of Calatia is practically that of its more powerful See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour Capua, but as it See also:

• LAY

lay near the point where the Via Appia turns See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and enters the mountains, it had some strategic importance . In 313 B.C. it was taken by the See also:

• SAMNITES

Samnites and recaptured by the See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator Q . See also:

• FABIUS

Fabius; the Samnites captured it again in 311, but it must have been retaken at an unknown date . In the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century we find it issuing coins with an Oscan See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, but in 211 B.C. it shared the See also:

• FATE

fate of Capua . In 174 we hear of its walls being repaired by the censors .

In 59 B.C. a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony was established here by See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar . See Ch . Hulsen in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencydopadie, iii . 1334 (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1899) .