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Bovianum

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Two cities of ancient Italy were named Bovianum, both in Samnium:

  • Bojano (Bovianum Undecumanorum)
  • Bovianum Vetus, a colonia of uncertain location, sometimes (erroneously, according to the Oxford Classical Dictionary), identified with Pietrabbondante

Bovianum served as the capital of Samnium, it held the Samnium government building; and the city fell to the Roman republic in 306 BC during the 2nd Samnite war, which led to the fall of Samnium.