Capua

Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 41.086, 14.250 · 11 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
343 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)In the second battle the Campanian army is beaten and driven back inside its walls
343 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)Rome resolves to send envoys to the Samnites on the point of honor that those who surrendered cannot be abandoned
216 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)At Capua the pro-Roman Decius Magius is denounced as no friend of Carthage and unworthy of the name of Campanian
216 BCPolybius, HistoriesAfter Cannae, Italy's allied cities defect
211 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)Fulvius and Claudius, keeping their commands, were ordered to continue the siege until Capua fell
211 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)This was the last battle before Capua surrendered
211 BCLivy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)Most measures, including the executions of Capuans, were carried out on Fulvius's sole orders
211 BCPolybius, HistoriesWith Capua under siege, Hannibal plans a march on Rome
73 BCPlutarch's Parallel LivesThe gladiator revolt, the Spartacus War, begins
AD 26Tacitus, Annals and HistoriesTiberius withdraws to Campania and pretends to dedicate a temple of Jupiter at Capua and a temple of Augustus at Nola
AD 787Royal Frankish AnnalsArichis, Duke of Benevento, on hearing of Charles's advance, sends his son Romuald to ask for peace, but he himself leads his army and camps at Capua. When the king moves first, he withdraws to Salernum, offers his two sons and promises obedience; the king halts the war and takes the younger son Grimoald as hostage
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