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Submitted for award of PhD September 2006. - King's College London

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5.1. Introduction<br />

Chapter 5. Nola and Abella<br />

This chapter deals with the public institutions <strong>of</strong> Nola and Abella. I examine critically<br />

the view that there was a confederation in central Campania under the leadership <strong>of</strong><br />

Nola. Sartori in particular has argued <strong>for</strong> the existence <strong>of</strong> a league during the period <strong>of</strong><br />

Samnite domination between the end <strong>of</strong> the fifth century and the Social War. 565 This<br />

chapter is divided into three parts. First, I study the literary evidence <strong>for</strong> the relationships<br />

between the towns <strong>of</strong> the area. The second section looks at the coins <strong>of</strong> Nola and Hyrina<br />

in order to see how they fit into our picture <strong>of</strong> the relationships between Nola and the<br />

neighbouring settlements. Finally, in the third and longest section I study the epigraphic<br />

evidence <strong>for</strong> the duties, relationships and the spheres <strong>of</strong> authority <strong>of</strong> the magistrates <strong>of</strong><br />

Nola and Abella, and how they compare to those <strong>of</strong> other towns in Campania.<br />

5.2. Literary sources<br />

Some ancient sources attribute the foundation <strong>of</strong> Nola and Abella to the inhabitants <strong>of</strong><br />

Chalcis in Euboia: Silius Italicus, in his description <strong>of</strong> Marcellus's movements in<br />

Campania during his campaigns <strong>of</strong> 216 and 215 BC, adds the adjective 'Chalcidian' to<br />

565<br />

Sartori (1953) 17 and 148, n. 6.<br />

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