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Benevento

[ ben-uh-ven-toh; Italian be-ne-ven-taw ]

noun

  1. a city in N Campania, in S Italy: monumental arch erected by Trajan.


Benevento

/ ˌbɛnəˈvɛntəʊ /

noun

  1. 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 nameBeneventumˌbɛnəˈvɛntʊm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The town of Benevento had offered no resistance to Charles, but he gave it up to pillage, and massacred its inhabitants.

The Pope was still an exile in Benevento,146 and did not dare to reoccupy Rome.

Charles Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento, and perhaps the greatest diplomat in history.

Domitian and Titus erected a small obelisk of red granite nine feet high, which now stands in the cathedral square of Benevento.

This brave man fell into the hands of the emperor, who sought to use him in a stratagem to obtain possession of Benevento.

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