See also:

• CUMAE (Gr. Kb/.m)

CUMAE (Gr. Kb/.m)  , 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:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, about 12 M . W. of Neapolis, on the W. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Campania, on a volcanic See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, overlooking the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain traversed by the See also:

• VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)

Volturno . There are many legends as to its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, but even the actual See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of its colonization by the Greeks is so See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early (ancient authorities give it as 1050 B.C.) that there is some doubt as to who established it, whether Chalcidians from See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea or Aeolians from Ki jnj(Cyme), and it should probably be regarded as a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . It was certainly, as See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo says, the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek colonies on the mainland of Italy or in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy tells us (viii . 22) that the settlers first landed on Pithecusae (See also:

• ISCHIA (Gr. II19r)KO"va, Lat. Aenaria, in poetry Inarime)

Ischia) and thence transferred their position to the mainland, which seems a probable See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story . We find it in 721 B.C. See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding Zancle (See also:

• MESSINA

Messina) in Sicily jointly with See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis, and it extended its See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power gradually over the coast of the Gulf of See also:

• PUTEOLI (mod. Pozzuoli, q.v.)

Puteoli and the harbours of the promontory of See also:

• MISENUM

Misenum . Puteoli itself under the name Dicaearchia was probably founded by See also:

• CUMAE (Gr. Kb/.m)

Cumae . In the 7th See also:

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

century, according to the legends, Parthenope, whither the demos of Cumae had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge after an unsuccessful rising against the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy, was attacked by the latter and destroyed, but soon rebuilt under the name of Neapolis (New City, the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples) .2 The most fertile portion of the Campanian plain was also under its dominion; the name " fossa Graeca " still lingered on in 205 B.C. to testify to its ancient limits . Cumae was now at the height of its power, and many See also:

• FINE

fine coins testify to its prosperity . In 524 B.C. it was the See also:

• OBJECT

object of a joint attack by the Etruscans 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, the Daunians of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• NOLA

Nola, and the See also:

• AURUNCI

Aurunci of the See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons See also:

• MASSICUS, MONS

Massicus . A brilliant victory was, however, won in the hilly district outside the See also:

• TOWN

town, largely owing 1 From See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. cultivare, through cultivus, from colere, to till, cultivate; whence cultus, See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, cult .

2 See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen, however (Corpus Inscrip . Latin. x., See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1883, p . 170), rightly throws considerable doubt on the existence of Parthenope and even of Palaeopolis, of which there is some mention in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals; under both he is inclined to trace Cumae itself . See also:

• GROUP

group of See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs .