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Socii (Roman confederation) | Tribus | Coloniae
Main town of the Pentri in Samnium, on a mountain ridge between the rivers Sordo and Carpino at the source of the Volturnus, modern Isernia. Important road junction (via Aesernia, CIL IX 2655). In 295 BC captured by the Romans, in 264 BC extended by a Latin colony (minting). Following the Social War (80 BC) municipium of the tribus Tromentina. Remains of polygonal walls, enclosing an area of 12 hectares, were part of the Latin colony. The cardo maximus equates with the corso M…