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Encyclopedia Britannica



AESERNIA (mod. Isernia)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 276 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ADA-AIZ
AESERNIA (mod. Isernia) , a Samnite town on the road from Beneventum to
Corfinium
 , 58 m. to the north-
east
  of the former, at the junction of a road going past Venafrum to the Via
Latina
 . These routes are all followed by
modern
  railwaysthe lines to
Campobasso
 , Sulmona and Caianello. A Roman colony was established there in 263 B.C. It became the headquarters of the Italian revolt after the loss of
Corfinium
 , and was only recovered by Sulla at the end of the war, in 8o B.c. Remains of its fortifica-tions are still preservedmassive cyclopean walls, which serve as
foundation
  to the walls of the
modern
  town and of a Roman
bridge
 , and the subterranean channel of an aqueduct, cut in the
rock
 , and dating from Roman times.


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