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ROME TO NAPLES.
The Appian way formerly passed to Capua,
as we have already remarked in describing
Horace’s Journey from Rome to Brindes.
In the environs of Capua are several villages
and temples, the names of which indicate the
antiquity of their origin: Marcianese was a
temple of Mars ; Ercole, a temple dedicated
to Hercules; Curtis, a palace or Curia; Casa
Pulla, a temple of Apollo, of which however
no vestiges now remain. The temple of Ju-
piter Tiphatin was situated near Caserta, and
the temple of Diana Lucifera, called Tipha¬
tina, has been replaced by the abbey of St.
Angel.
The mountains in the vicinity of Capua
and Caserta are called Monti Tifatini; this
name is derived from the volcano Tifata,
which is now extinguished. About the year
1753, a quarry of white marble, with yellow
veins, was discovered at nine miles from
Capua. The columns for the grand palace of
Caserta were taken from this quarry, and,
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