See also:

• SURRENTUM (mod. Sorrento, q.v.)

SURRENTUM (mod. See also:

• SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

Sorrento, q.v.)  , 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, situated on the N. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the promontory which forms the S.E. extremity of the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

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

Naples . The legends indicate a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close connexion between Lipara and See also:

• SURRENTUM (mod. Sorrento, q.v.)

Surrentum, as though the latter had been a See also:

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

colony of the former; and even through the Imperial See also:

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

period Surrentum remained largely See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . Before the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman supremacy it was one of the towns subject to Nuceria, and shared its fortunes up to the Social See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War; it seems to have joined in the revolt of 90 B.c. like See also:

• STABIAE

Stabiae; and was reduced to obedience in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, when it seems to have received a colony . Its prosperity See also:

• DATES

dates from the imperial period, when Capreae was a favourite See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus and Tiberius . Numerous sepulchral See also:

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

inscriptions of Imperial slaves and freedmen have been found at Surrentum . An inscription shows that See also:

• TITUS
• TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS
• TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO

Titus in the year after the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of A.D . 79 restored the horologium of the town and its architectural decoration . A similar restoration of an unknown See also:

• BUILDING

building in Naples in the same year is recorded in an inscription from the last-named town (cf . A . Sogliano in Notizie degli Scavi, 1901, p . 363) . The most important temples of Surrentum were those of See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena and of the See also:

• SIRENS (Gr. Metpi7ves)

Sirens (the latter the only one in the Greek See also:

• WORLD

world in historic times); the former gave its name to the promontory .

In antiquity Surrentum was famous for its See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine (oranges and lemons which are now so much cultivated there not having been introduced into Italy in antiquity), its See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, and its red Campanian vases; the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of coins of Massilia, See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul and the Balearic Islands here indicates the extensive See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade which it carried on . The position of Surrentum was very secure, it being protected by deep See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges, except for a distance of 300 yds. on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

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

west where it was defended by walls, the See also:

• LINE

line of which is necessarily followed by those of the See also:

• MODERN

modern town . The arrangement of the modern streets preserves that of the ancient town, and the disposition of the walled paths which See also:

• DIVIDE

divide the See also:

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

plain to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east seems to date in like manner from Roman times . No ruins are now pre-served in the town itself, but there are many remains in the See also:

• VILLA

villa See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter to the east .of the town on the road to Stabiae, of which traces still exist, See also:

• RUNNING

running much higher than the modern road, across the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain; the site of one of the largest (possibly belonging to the Imperial See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house) is now occupied by the Hotel See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, under the See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace of which a small See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre was found in 1855; an ancient See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-cut See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel descends hence to the See also:

• SHORE

shore . Remains of other villas may be seen, but the most important ruin is the See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir of the (subterranean) aqueducts just outside the town on the east, which had no less than twenty-seven See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers. each about go ft. by 20 ft_ Greek and Oscan tombs have also been found . Another suburb See also:

• LAY

lay below the town and on the promontory on the west of it; under the Hotel Sirena are substructions and a rock-hewn tunnel . To the See also:

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

north-west on the See also:

• CAPO

Capo di See also:

• SORRENTO (anc. Surrentum, q.v.)

Sorrento is another villa, the so-called Bagni dells See also:

• REGINA

Regina Giovanna, with See also:

• BATHS

baths, and in the bay to the south-west was the villa of Pollius See also:

• FELIX
• FELIX, ANTONIUS
• FELIX, LIA (1830– )

Felix, the friend of See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

Statius, which he describes in Silvae ii . 2, of which remains still exist . Farther west again are villas, as far as the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Athena on the promontory named after her at the extremity of the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula (now Punta See also:

• CAMPANELLA, TOMMASO (1568-1639)

Campanella) . Neither of this nor of the famous temple of the Sirens are any traces existing . See J . Beloch, Campanien, p .

252 sqq . (2nd ed., See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1890) . (T .