Cumae

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 2 §9 Cumae

  A Greek city on the Campanian coast, ruled by the tyrant Aristodemus; a source of grain for besieged Rome.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §25 Cumae

  Greek city on the Campanian coast, the oldest Greek colony in Italy; taken by the Campanians in 421 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §14 Cumae

  The old Greek city of Campania, set on the same footing as Capua.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §15 betook themselves to Cumae

  Ancient Greek coastal city north of Naples, loyal to Rome, Gracchus' base against the Campanians.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §23 Cumae

  An old Greek city on the Campanian coast; site of prodigies.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §20 Cumae

  Cumae on the Campanian coast, one of the places where Hannibal's war stalled.

• The History of Rome, Book 43 §20 Cumae

  A Greek town of Campania whose citadel held a famous temple of Apollo, here said to have wept for three days.