Aecae
Aecae was an ancient city in the Italian region of Apulia on the site of today's Troy , founded in the High Middle Ages .
Aecae was inhabited by the Daunians in pre-Roman times . In 214 BC It was recaptured by the Romans after it had joined Hannibal after the battle of Cannae . In the Roman Empire it was on the Via Traiana , an extension of the Via Appia between Benevento and Brindisi , and received the rights of a colonia as Colonia Augusta Apula . The titular Aeca of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a late antique bishopric .
Little remains of the ancient city itself, as it was overbuilt by the later Troy. In the surrounding cemeteries were grave steles and inscriptions found.
literature
- Felice G. Lo Porto: Aecae (Troy) Apulia, Italy . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Gerhard Radke : Aecae. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 82.
- Edward Herbert Bunbury: Aecae . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 41 ° 22 ′ N , 15 ° 18 ′ E