History of Campania

state formed from the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples (1815–1861)

thumb|Samnite soldiers depicted on a tomb frieze in [[Nola. From the 4th century BC|331x331px]] The Samnites () were an ancient Italic people who inhabited Samnium, a region located in the modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy. thumb|Italy in 400 BC An Oscan-speaking people, who originated as an offshoot of the Sabines, they formed a confederation consisting of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and Pentri. Ancient Greek historians considered the Umbri as the ancestors of the Samnites. Their migration was in a southward direction, according to the rite of

former country in modern-day Italy

thumb|Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy.

Sinuessa () was a city of Latium, in the more extended sense of the name, situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 10 km north of the mouth of the Volturno River (the ancient Vulturnus). It was on the line of the Via Appia, and was the last place where that great highroad touched on the sea-coast. The ruins of the city are located in the modern-day comune of Sessa Aurunca . The city ruins are located, as the crow flies, 12.24 km SSW from the modern city of Sessa Aurunca and 41.43 km from the province of Caserta. It is 26.71 km from the regional capital (Naples/Napoli) Campania

VEI 7 Volcanic eruption around 40,000 years BP

Earthquake in Italy

archaeological culture

earthquake on the island of Ischia, Campania, Italy

ancient tunisian cuirass at the Bardo National Museum

Medieval legend