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Cumae

ancient Roman city near Naples, Italy

8 dated entries naming Cumae, drawn from 8 separate years between 550 BCE and 553 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century BC

  • 550 BCEAristodemus of Cumae, tyrant of Cumaesource
  • 524 BCEBattle of Cumae - An army of Umbrians, Daunians, Etruscans, and others is defeated by the Greeks of Cumae, present-day Italy.source

5th century BC

  • 495 BCETarquinius Superbus, former king of Rome died in exile in Cumaesource
  • 428 BCEThe Greek colony of Cumae in Italy falls to the Samnites, who begin to take control of the Campanian plain.source
  • 421 BCEThe city of Cumae, the most northerly of the Greek colonies in Italy, falls to the Samnites.source

4th century BC

  • 342 BCEThe Battle of Mount Gaurus is fought between the Romans and the Samnites. The battle is a success for the Romans, who, it is said, are led by Marcus Valerius Corvus. Fought at the foot of Mount Gaurus, near Cumae, it is the most notable engagement of the First Samnite War.source
  • 340 BCEThe Romans succeed in detaching the Campanians from their alliance with the Latins (through their fear of the Samnites) and induce them to make a separate peace. Three Campanian cities, including Capua and Cumae, are granted Roman citizenship and thus become part of the Roman state. The Roman state now extends to the Bay of Naples.source

6th century

  • 553Battle of Mons Lactarius: King Teia secretly marches to join forces with his brother Aligern in Campania, to relieve the siege of Cumae. Meanwhile at Mons Lactarius (modern Monti Lattari), Narses lays an ambush. The combined Gothic force is crushed in a hopeless last stand for two days (south of Naples), and Teia is killed in the fighting. Aligern escapes, but surrenders a few months later.source

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