Calatia

Calatia was an ancient city in Italy in the Campania countryside . It was located southeast of Capua on the Via Appia on the way to Caudium and Benevento near today's S. Giacomo delle Galazze, Galazia, about 2 km southeast of Caserta .

313 BC Calatia was conquered by the Romans , but fell back together with Capua during the Second Punic War. In the 2nd century BC Calatia became a Roman Municipium , 59 BC. Chr. Colonia .

The titular diocese of Calatia of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a late antique bishopric of the city .

literature

• Gerhard Radke : Calatia. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1012.
• Edward Herbert Bunbury:  Calatia (2) . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.

Coordinates: 41 ° 3 '  N , 14 ° 22'  E