Word info

Benevento

Proper noun

Meaning

A province of Campania, Italy.

The capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

After Napoleon's defeat, he withdrew claims to the title "Prince of Benevento", but was created Duke of Talleyrand with the style "Prince de Talleyrand" for life, in the same manner as his estranged wife. Source: Internet

In 834 or 835 they broke the treaty and again they raided Venetian traders returning from Benevento, and all of Venice's military attempts to punish them in 839 and 840 utterly failed. Source: Internet

He rushed to Benevento to prevent the local Normans from reaching an agreement with Roger. Source: Internet

He tried to turn Benevento into a secundum Ticinum: a second Pavia. Source: Internet

His predecessor's alliance with the Lombard Duke of Spoleto put papal cities at risk when the Dukes of Spoleto and Benevento rebelled. Source: Internet

However it is far from certain that the Lombard takeover occurred during those years, as very little is known of Faroald and Zotto's respective rise to power in Spoletium ( Spoleto ) and Beneventum ( Benevento ). Source: Internet

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