Asculum 2563917 179508846 2007-12-22T01:53:29Z 190.28.35.164 '''Asculum''', also known as '''Ausculum''', was the ancient name of two [[Italy|Italian]] cities. The first is [[Ascoli Piceno]], the ''Ausculum'' in ancient [[Picenum]] (modern [[Marche]]). It is situated in the valley of the Truentus (mod. [[Tronto]]) river on the [[via Salaria]]. It was originally a Sabine city (Festus 235.16-17). Following its defeat by the Romans in 268 BC (Eutr. 2,16), Asculum became a ''[[civitas foederata]]''. It was the first Italian city to rise up against Rome in 90 BC during the [[Social War (91–88 BC)|Social War]], and it was besieged and captured following the [[Battle of Asculum (89 BC)]] (Vell. Pat. 2.21.1). Following the war, it became a [[municipium]]. In the triumviral period or under Augustus it became a [[Colonia (Roman)|colonia]]. The second is [[Ascoli Satriano]], a small village of the Satriani people, on a branch of the [[Appian Way]] in [[Apulia]], South East [[Italy]]. Two battles were fought there: *the [[Battle of Asculum (279 BC)]], first King [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]]'s [[Pyrrhic victory]] against the [[Roman Republic]] during the [[Pyrrhic War]]; *the [[Battle of Asculum (209 BC)]], during the [[Second Punic War]], in which [[Hannibal]] defeated a Roman army commanded by [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]] in an indecisive battle. [[Category:Roman sites of the Marche]] {{Ancient-Rome-stub}} [[ca:Asculum]] [[es:Asculum]] [[ka:ასკულუმი]]