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VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to See also:roll) , a See also:river of central See also:Italy, which rises in the neighbourhood of Alfedena in the central See also:Apennines of Samnium, runs S. as far as Venafro, and then S.E. After a course of some 75 M. it receives, about 5 m. E. of Caiazzo, the Calore, only 3 m. less in length,which runs first N. and then W., and after 37 M. reaches See also:Benevento, near which it receives several tributaries; then curves See also:round the See also:mountain See also:mass to the N. of the Caudine Forks, and so beyond Telese joins the Volturno. The See also:united stream now flows W.S.W. past See also:Capua (anc. See also:Casilinum), where the Via See also:Appia and See also:Latina joined just to the N. of the See also:bridge over it, and so through the Campanian See also:plain, with many windings, into the See also:sea. The See also:direct length of the See also:lower course is about 3r m., so that the whole is slightly longer than that of the See also:Liri, and its See also:basin far larger. The river has always had considerable military importance, and the See also:colony of Volturnum (no doubt preceded by an older See also:port of Capua) was founded in 194 B.C. at its mouth on the S. See also:bank by the See also:Romans; it is now about one mile inland. A fort had already been placed there during the See also:Roman See also:siege of Capua, in See also:order, with See also:Puteoli, to serve for the provisioning of the See also:army. See also:Augustus placed a colony of veterans here. The Via Domitiana from Sinuessa to Puteoli crossed the river at this point, and some remains of the bridge are visible. The river was navigable as far as Capua.

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October 18Go the Neapolitan forces were defeated on the S. bank of the Volturno, near S. Maria di Capua Vetere, by the Piedmontese and See also:Garibaldi's troops, a defeat which led to the fall of Capua. (T.

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