Tifata
Tifata ( Greek τὰ Τιφατῖνα ὄρη ta Tiphatina ore ) is the ancient name of a hill country in ancient times that was densely wooded with oaks in the east of the ancient Campanian city of Capua and today's Italian provincial capital Caserta . Today it is called Monti di Maddaloni . The highest point is the Monte Tifata with a height of 604 m.
On the western slope, about 5-6 kilometers from Capua, there was a temple of Diana Tifatina , on the eastern slope a temple of Iuppiter Tifatinus , of which remains of the foundations still exist.
In this area robber gangs found shelter again and again. Hannibal made the Tifata Mountains his base of operations for some time. In 83 BC In BC Sulla defeated the consul Gaius Norbanus there .
literature
- Martin Frederiksen: Campania . Edited with Additions by Nicholas Purcell. British School at Rome, London 1984, ISBN 0-904152-07-3 .
- Vera Sauer: Tifata. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , Sp. 563.
Remarks
- ↑ Cassius Dio 42.25.
- ↑ Titus Livius 23: 36-43; 24.12.3.
Coordinates: 41 ° 5 ' N , 14 ° 24' E