TEGGIANO (anc. Tegianum, formerly called

See also:

• DIANA

Diana)  , a town in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 45 M . S.E. of that town . Pop . (1901) 5095 . It is situated 2090 ft. above sea-level on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley of the Negro (anc . Tanager), to which it gives the name of Val di Diano . It represents the ancient Tegianum a municipal town of Lucania, made into a colony by Nero, of which the ruins can be traced at the foot of the hill, with an ancient Roman bridge . An Oscan sepulchral inscription in Greek letters has been found here (cf . W . Corssen in Ephemeris Epigrafica, ii . 153) . It possesses a castle, several churches of some interest, and three conventual buildings .

In 1497 it was strong enough to resist, under

Antonio Sanseverino of Salerno, the siege undertaken by Frederick of Aragon . (T .