place
Casilinum
also: Casilini
Town in Campania on the river Volturnus just north of Capua, settled as a Caesarian veteran colony; in November 44 BC Octavian won over its veterans (with those of Calatia), and Antony later threatened to halt there.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.8 §1 The veterans at Casilinum and Calatia
Casilinum and Calatia were Campanian towns settled with Caesar's discharged veterans; Octavian recruited these old soldiers to his cause.