Vescia

Vescia was an ancient city of the Ausones (a subgroup of the Aurunci), which was part of the so-called Auruncan Pentapolis and was destroyed by the Romans in 340 BC.

It was a fortified center, located perhaps on the left shore of the Garigliano river, in the current comuni of Cellole and Sessa Aurunca, where remains of pre-Romans walls have been found. According to some sources, it was located on the Monte Massico, where there also ancient remains including a subterranean aqueduct and large mosaic pavements.

Two Latin inscriptions referring to Vescia, dating to 211-212 AD, have been found in Castelforte, Formia, in the southern province of Latina. These are now in the Archaeological Museum of Minturno.

Coordinates: 42°59′N 12°44′E / 42.983°N 12.733°E / 42.983; 12.733

Archaeological sites in Campania

Province of Avellino	Aeclanum Compsa

Province of Benevento	Benevento Arch of Trajan Roman Theatre Caudium Ligures Baebiani Saticula

Province of Caserta	Allifae Ausona (ancient city) Calatia Cales Santa Maria Capua Vetere Arch of Hadrian (Capua) Casilinum Sant'Angelo in Formis Sinuessa Trebula Balliensis Vescia

Province of Naples	Atella Baiae Cumae Grotta di Cocceio Herculaneum Villa of the Papyri Liternum Miseno Piscina Mirabilis Naples Aqua Augusta Bourbon Tunnel Catacombs of San Gaudioso Catacombs of San Gennaro Crypta Neapolitana Virgil's tomb Macellum of Naples Oplontis Villa Poppaea Palazzo a Mare Pompeii Pozzuoli Flavian Amphitheater (Pozzuoli) Lucrinus Lacus Lake Avernus Macellum of Pozzuoli Portus Julius Stabiae Suessula Castello Barbarossa Villa Jovis Villa Boscoreale

Province of Salerno	Monte Pruno Paestum Heraion at the mouth of the Sele Temple of Athena Second Temple of Hera Tomb of the Diver Pertosa Caves Velia Villa Romana of Minori

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