1. The name of Alife has Samnite origin, although a settlement in the hills around the city existed probably since

2. The Romans preferred to assault enemy walls by building earthen ramps (agger) or simply scaling the walls, as in the early siege of the Samnite city of Silvium (306 BC).

3. Pompeii reopens Antiquarium with jewels, gold and casts, From 25/1, 'finally a true museum, and a unique one', Renovated and transformed into a true museum of the city telling its history, from the Samnite period to its destruction in 79 AD