See also:

• POTENZA (anc. Potentia)

POTENZA (anc. Potentia)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

• BASILICATA

Basilicata, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• POTENZA (anc. Potentia)

Potenza, 103 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail E. by S. of See also:

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

Naples . Pop . (1901), 12:313 (town); 16,163 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . Situated 2700 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level on an isolated See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill above the Basento (anc . Casuentus), it is much exposed to winds and has a far more northerly See also:

• CLIMATE

climate than its position (400 40' N.) implies, and is indeed one of the coldest places in Italy (mean temp . See also:

• JAN

Jan 37.8°, See also:

• JULY

July 70.9°, for whole See also:

• YEAR

year 530 F.) . It has been almost entirely rebuilt since the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of 1857 . It has a school of the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial arts and sciences, grows See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, and makes bricks . The See also:

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

ancient Potentia See also:

• LAY

lay some 470 ft. See also:

• LOWER

lower, by the See also:

• RIVER

river . Its name shows that it was of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman origin, and its importance was no doubt due to its position at the intersection of the road leading See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west to the Via Popillia and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia, with the Via Herculia . No remains are visible, but a consider-able number of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions have been found . Potentia must be distinguished from Potentia in See also:

• PICENUM

Picenum, on the Adriatic See also:

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

coast, near the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• PORTO

Porto di See also:

• RECANATI

Recanati, a See also:

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

colony founded in 184 B.C., the same year as See also:

• PISAURUM (mod. Pesaro, q.v.)

Pisaurum, but of which little is known .

The See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment of the old site and the erection of the new town probably date from the earthquake of 1273 . By the Angevines Potenza was made a domain of the See also:

• SAN

San Severino See also:

• FAMILY

family; in the beginning of the 15th See also:

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

century it was held by See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco See also:

• SFORZA
• SFORZA, CATERINA (1463-1509)

Sforza, and in 1435 it passed to the See also:

• GUEVARA, ANTONIO DE (c. 1490-1544)
• GUEVARA, LUIS VELEZ DE (1579-1644)

Guevara family; the Loffredi, who succeeded by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, continued in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession till the abolition of the See also:

• GREAT

great fiefs . In 1694 there was a severe earthquake; and the more terrible earthquake which on the 16th and the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1857 passed through See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Italy, and in Basilicata alone killed 32,475 persons, laid the greater See also:

• PART

part of Potenza in ruins . In 186o it was the first town to rise against the Neapolitan See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .