Cumae (ita)

Cumae

Cumae ranks 7,393rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Skovshoved, Santa Maria de Palautordera, and Torpoint. Memorable people born in Cumae include Juliana of Nicomedia, and Aristodemus of Cumae. Memorable people who died in Cumae include Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Petronius, and Aristodemus of Cumae. Cumae has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Cumae is located in Italy.

Cumae was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BC. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune Bacoli and Pozzuoli in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia