Teanum Apulum

Teanum Apulum was an ancient Apulian town near modern San Paolo di Civitate in southeastern Italy, located at a crossing of the Fortore river on the road between Larinum and Sipontum. Originally called Teate, as attested by coins with Oscan legends, it submitted to Rome in 318 BC when it was the principal town of Apulia and became a municipium enrolled in the tribus Cornelia. During the Second Punic War it served as winter quarters for the Roman commander M. Junius Pera. Archaeological remains include defensive walls, a Roman aqueduct, a recently discovered temple, and inscriptions preserved in the local Museo Civico.