place
Arpi
also: Arpi, Arpis
An important town of Apulia in south-eastern Italy. Caesar halted there on the Kalends of March 49 BC during his advance on Brundisium.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 9.3 §2 he had stopped at Arpi on the Kalends
Arpi was a town in Apulia (not to be confused with Cicero's Arpinum); Caesar was tracked through it on the Kalends of March as he drove toward Brundisium. The detail lets Cicero compute when Caesar might reach the port.