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EBOLI (anc. Eburum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 843 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EBOLI (anc. Eburum) , a See also:town of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, from which it is 16 m. E. by See also:rail, situated 470 ft. above See also:sea-level, on the S. edge of the hills overlooking the valley of the Sele. Pop. (1901) 9642 (town), 12,423 (See also:commune). The See also:sacristy of St See also:Francesco contains two 14th-See also:century pictures, one by Roberto da Oderisio of See also:Naples. The See also:ancient Eburum was a Lucanian See also:city, mentioned only by See also:Pliny and in See also:inscriptions, not far distant from the Campanian border. It See also:lay above the Via Popillia, which followed the See also:line taken by the See also:modern railway. Some scanty remains of its ancient polygonal walls may still be seen. (T.

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