Minturno

Minturno is a town and comune in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west financial institution of the Liris, with a suburb on the other bank about 18 kilometres from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crossed it by the bridge referred to as Pons Tiretius. It has a station on the Rome-Naples foremost railway line. The ancient Minturnae changed into one of the 3 cities of the Ausones which made warfare in opposition to Rome in 314 BC, the opposite being called Ausona and Vescia; and the Via Appia turned into made two years later. It became a colony in 296 BC. In 88 BC, Gaius Marius concealed himself within the marshes of Minturnae in his flight from Sulla. The metropolis became probable destroyed in 883 by the Saracens, who inside the following years held the encircling undeniable.

Its low site changed into an increasing number of abandoned via the populace in favour of that of the modern town of Minturno, 140 metres above sea-degree. The Saracens were ousted by means of the Catholic league after the Battle of Garigliano, and Minturnae surpassed to Gaeta. Two years later, however, it changed into once more ravaged, this time with the aid of the Magyars. In 1058, it became partly obtained through the Abbey of Montecassino, however soon after was conquered via the Normans.