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

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towns. Literary sources mention disagreement between the senate <strong>of</strong> Nola and the<br />

commons, which may imply that Nola had a senate and a popular assembly.<br />

In the Cippus Abellanus, Nola and Abella appear as independent communities<br />

with their own councils and magistrates. The sanctuary <strong>of</strong> Hercules was common and<br />

the two towns probably celebrated common cults there. I would conclude there<strong>for</strong>e that<br />

there is no good evidence in the literary sources, coins or inscriptions to suggest<br />

that Abella belonged to a confederation under the leadership <strong>of</strong> Nola.<br />

656<br />

Camporeale (1957) 36,52,99; Franchi de Bellis (1988) 87-90<br />

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