Casinum was an ancient town of Oscan origin in southern Italy's Latium adiectum, about forty miles northwest of Capua along the Via Latina, later held by the Volsci and then the Samnites before receiving Roman citizenship around 188 BC; the geographer Strabo called it the last city of the Latins, and the grammarian Varro recorded its name as meaning old forum in the Oscan language. The town was known for olive oil production, and its ancient acropolis became the site of the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino, founded by Saint Benedict in 529 AD. The medieval successor town of San Germano took the name Cassino in 1871 and occupies the site today.
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1. Casinum (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 41.49, longitude 13.8139
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 13.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 13.75
41.25 13.75 Csa
3. GeoNames: Cassino - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3179781, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.29 km)Quote, cities500 record 3179781, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.29 km)
41.48581 13.82835 P PPLA3 IT 07 FR 060019 21074 40 40 Europe/Rome
Wikidata: Casinum
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