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AVELLA (anc. Abella)
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See also:AVELLA (anc. Abella) , a See also:city of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Avellino, 23 M. N.E. of See also:Naples by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 4107. It is finely situated in fertile territory and its nuts (nuces Abellanae) and See also:fruit were renowned in See also:Roman days. About 2 M. to the See also:north-See also:east lies Avella Vecchia, the See also:ancient Abella, regarded by the ancients as a Chalcidian See also:colony. An important Oscan inscription relates to a treaty with See also:Nola, regarding a See also:joint See also:temple of See also:Hercules, attributable to the 2nd See also:century B.C. Under the See also:early See also:empire it had already become a colony and had perhaps beenone since the See also:time of See also:Sulla. It has remains of the walls of the citadel and of an See also:amphitheatre, and See also:lay on the road from Nola to Abellinum, which was here perhaps joined by a See also:branch from See also:Suessula. See J. Beloch, Campanien (2nd ed., See also:Breslau, 1890), 411 seq. (T. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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