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Tifata

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Author(s): Sauer, Vera (Stuttgart)
[German version] (τὰ Τιφατῖνα ὄρη/ tà Tiphatîna órē). Mountainous region, densely wooded with oak trees (Sil. Pun. 13,219; for the meaning of the name cf. Fest. 503: T. iliceta, 'T. means oak forest'), to the east of Capua, modern Monti di Maddaloni with its highest elevation (604 m) in the modern Monte T. On the western slopes, about 30 stadia (5-6 km) from Capua, there was a temple to Diana Tifatina (Paus. 5,12,3; Tab. Peut. 6,3; Capua E.), on the eastern slopes a temple to Iuppiter Tifatinus (Tab. Peut. 6,4; foundations…
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