Liternum

Liternum
	Ruins of Liternum, Lago Patria
Location	Giugliano in Campania, Province of Naples, Italy
Region	Campania
Type	Settlement
Site notes
Management	Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli
Public access	Yes
Website	Sito Archeologico di Liternum (in Italian)

Liternum was an ancient town of Campania, southern central Italy, near "Patria lake", on the low sandy coast between Cumae and the mouth of the Volturnus. It was probably once dependent on Cumae. In 194 BC it became a Roman colony. Although Livy records that the town was unsuccessful,^[1] excavation reveals a Roman town existed there until the 4th century AD.^[2]

^ Livy 34, 45
^ Lomas, H. K. 'Liternum' in Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow (eds.) Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.) 850

[1] Livy 34, 45

[Lomas-2] Lomas, H. K. 'Liternum' in Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow (eds.) Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th ed.) 850

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