Venafrum

Venafrum
Venafrum is located in Molise
Venafrum
Shown within Molise
LocationComune di Venafro
RegionCampania
Coordinates41°29′08″N 14°02′23″E / 41.48556°N 14.03972°E / 41.48556; 14.03972
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsRoman Republic
CulturesAncient Rome
Site notes
Excavation datesyes

Venafrum was an ancient town of Molise, Italy, close to the boundaries of both Latium adiectum and Samnium. Its site is occupied by the modern Venafro, a village on the railway from Isernia to Vairano, 25 km southwest of the former, 201 m above sea-level.[1][2]

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainAshby, Thomas (1911). "Venafrum". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 980.
  2. ^ Sylvia Diebner (1979). Aesernia-Venafrum: Tafeln. G. Bretschneider. ISBN 9788885007277.