Cumae
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If the eruption had taken place in late October, many more would have been saved by attending the weekly market at Cumae, which lay still farther from the danger zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Puteoli and Cumae proved to be popular destinations among those who survived the eruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
At Cumae, a huge shell was found in the Sibyl's grotto, which the discoverers told themselves was the amplifier through which the Sibyl had broadcast her prophecies.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were, as Pliny and other writers imply, many pottery centres in Italy, at Rhegium, Cumae, Mutina and elsewhere, as well as at Saguntum in Spain, but all were surpassed in excellence by Arretium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Still, I stood fast, and at last Hannibal spoke: 'Go to Cumae for three days,' he said sternly.
From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield
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