Canŭsium

, now Canosa , a town of Apulia, whither the Romans fled after the battle of Cannæ. It was built by Diomedes, and its inhabitants have been called bilingues , because they retained the language of their founder and likewise adopted that of their neighbours. Horace complained of the grittine of their bread. The wools and the cloths of the place were in high estimation. Horace , bk. 1 , satire 10, li. 30 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 4 .— Pliny , bk. 8 , ch. 11 .