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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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