Capitulum

Căpĭtŭlum, i, n.,

• a town of the Hernici in Latium, now perh. Paliano, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.
• —Hence, Căpĭtŭlen-ses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Capitulum, Dig. 50, 15, 8, § 7.

2. Capitulum, ī, n., Stadt der Herniker in Latium, j. wahrsch. Paliano, Plin. 3, 63. Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 269. – Dav. Capitulēnsēs, ium, m., die Einw. von Kapitulum, die Kapitulenser, Ulp. dig. 50, 15, 8. § 7.

2 Căpĭtŭlum, ī, n. , ville de Campanie : Plin. 3, 63 || -tŭlēnsēs, ĭum, m. , habitants de Capitulum : Dig. 50, 15, 7.

CAPITULUM

CAPITULUM(Καπίτουλον, Strab.), a town of the Hernicans, which, though not noticed in history, is mentioned both by Pliny and Strabo among the places still existing in their time. (Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 9; Strab. 5. p. 238.) We learn also from the Liber Coloniarum (p. 232) that it had been colonised by Sulla, and it seems to have received a fresh accession of colonists under Caesar. (Zumpt, de Colon.pp. 252, 306.) An inscription, in which it is called Capitulum Hernicorum,proves it to have been a place of municipal condition under the empire. This inscription was discovered on the road from Palestrina(Praeneste) to a place called Il Piglio, a small town in the mountains, about 20 miles from Palestrina, and 8 from Anagni, which may plausibly be supposed to occupy the site of Capitulum. (Muratori, Inscr. p. 2049.4; Nibby, Dintorni di Roma, vol. 1. p. 383.)

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