Saepinum
Saepinum was a Samnite town that later became a Roman municipium. Located approximately 15 kilometres south of the modern city of Campobasso in south-central Italy, Saepinum lay on the ancient road connecting Beneventum to Corfinium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roman Theatre of Saepinum and Fontana del Grifo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campochiaro.
Campochiaro
Village
Campochiaro is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 20 kilometres southwest of Campobasso. Campochiaro borders the following municipalities: Castello del Matese, Colle d'Anchise, Guardiaregia, Piedimonte Matese, San Gregorio Matese, San Polo Matese, Vinchiaturo. Campochiaro is situated 9 km west of Saepinum.
Saepinum
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Samnite town located c. 15 km south of modern Campobasso.
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological park, museum, Italian national museum, Museum of the Italian Ministry of Culture, historic site, meadow, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sepino, Province of Campobasso, Molise, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.4333° or 41° 25′ 60″ northLongitude
14.61859° or 14° 37′ 7″ eastElevation
662 metres (2,172 feet)Operator
Parco Archeologico di SepinoOpen location code
8FHPCJM9+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 193450242OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadow
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Spanish—“Saepinum” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σαίπινον”
- Bulgarian: “Сепинум”
- Catalan: “Saepinum”
- Catalan: “Sepinum”
- Chinese: “萨埃皮努姆”
- Dutch: “Saepinum”
- Finnish: “Saepinum”
- French: “Saepinum”
- German: “Saepinum”
- Italian: “Altilia”
- Italian: “area archeologica di Sepino”
- Italian: “Saepinum-Terravecchia”
- Italian: “Saepinum”
- Italian: “Saipins”
- Italian: “Sepinum”
- Italian: “Terravecchia”
- Japanese: “サエピヌム”
- Latin: “Saepinum”
- Latin: “Sepinum”
- Portuguese: “Sepino (cidade romana)”
- Portuguese: “Sepino”
- Russian: “Сепинум”
- Spanish: “Saepinum”
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