Benevento
a city in N Campania, in S Italy: monumental arch erected by Trajan.
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How to use Benevento in a sentence
The town of Benevento had offered no resistance to Charles, but he gave it up to pillage, and massacred its inhabitants.
Val d'Arno | John RuskinThe Pope was still an exile in Benevento,146 and did not dare to reoccupy Rome.
Life of Thomas Becket | Henry Hart MilmanCharles Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento, and perhaps the greatest diplomat in history.
The Golden Censer | John McGovernDomitian and Titus erected a small obelisk of red granite nine feet high, which now stands in the cathedral square of Benevento.
Cleopatra's Needle | James KingThis brave man fell into the hands of the emperor, who sought to use him in a stratagem to obtain possession of Benevento.
Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for Benevento
/ (ˌbɛnəˈvɛntəʊ) /
a city in S Italy, in N Campania: at various times under Samnite, Roman, Lombard, Saracen, Norman, and papal rule. Pop: 61 791 (2001): Ancient name: Beneventum (ˌbɛnəˈvɛntʊm)
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