place
Cales
also: Calenus, Caleno, municipio Caleno
A town of Campania on the Via Latina (modern Calvi Risorta), a Roman colony famous for its wine and pottery; the home town of C. Subernius and of M. Planius's heir, with which Cicero claims a great bond (Fam. 9.13).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.11 §6 he came to Cales and stayed at Teanum
Cales and Teanum Sidicinum were towns in northern Campania on Octavian's march; their enthusiastic welcome showed the country towns' support for Caesar's heir.