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ARPINO (anc. Arpinum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 641 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARPINO (anc. Arpinum) , a See also:town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, 1475 ft. above See also:sea-level; 12 M. by See also:rail N.W. of Roccasecca, a station on the railway from See also:Naples to See also:Rome. Pop. (1901) ro,6o7. Arpino occupies the See also:lower See also:part of the site of the See also:ancient Volscian town of Arpinum, which was finally taken from the See also:Samnites by the See also:Romans in 305 B.C. It became a civitas sine suffragio, but received full privileges (civitas cum suffragio) in 188 B.C. with Formiae and Fundi; it was governed as a praefectura until the Social See also:War, and then became a See also:municipium. The ancient polygonal walls, which are still finely preserved, are among the best in Italy. They are built of blocks of See also:pudding-See also:stone, originally well jointed, but now much weathered. They stand See also:free in places to a height of 11 ft., and are about 7 ft. wide at the See also:top. A single See also:line of See also:wall, with See also:medieval See also:round towers at intervals, runs on the See also:north See also:side from the See also:present town to Civitavecchia (2055 ft.), on the site of the ancient citadel. Here is the Porta dell' Arco, a See also:gate of the old wall, with an See also:aperture 15 ft. high, formed by the See also:gradual inclination of the two sides towards one another. Below Arpino, in the valley of the Liris, between the two arms of its tributary the Fibrenus, and j± m. north of Isola del See also:Liri, lies the See also:church of S.

Domenico, which marks the site of the See also:

villa in which See also:Cicero was See also:born and frequently resided. Near it is an ancient See also:bridge, of a road which crossed the Liris to Cereatae (See also:modern See also:Casamari). The painter Giuseppe See also:Cesari (1560-1640), more often known as the See also:Cavaliere d' Arpino, was also born here. See 0. E. See also:Schmidt, Arpinum, eine topographisch-historische Skizze (See also:Meissen, 1900). (T.

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