Teanum Apulum
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Teanum Apulum is an ancient town of Apulia, Italy, on the road between Larinum and Sipontum, 18 miles east of the former, at the crossing of the Fortore near the modern town of San Paolo di Civitate.
It was called Teate in earlier times, as appears from its numerous coins, which have Oscan legends. It submitted to Rome in 318 BC, being then the chief town of Apulia. It was afterwards known as Teanum Apulum, and was a municipium. Some ruins and an old bridge over the Fortore still exist.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
