Bojano

A town in the province of Molise, Naples. The site of Bojano has been identified as that of the famous Samnite city of Bovianum , which played so conspicuous a part in the Samnite, Punic, and Social wars. Unsucce fully besieged by the Romans in 314 B.C. , it was taken by them in 311 B.C. , and yielded immense spoils. Pa ing out of their hands, it was retaken by them in 305 B.C. , and once more reverting to its original owners, was a third time captured by the Romans in 298 B.C. During the second Punic war it formed the headquarters of the Roman army on more than one occasion. In the great Social war the confederates made it their capital. It was surprised by Sulla, and retaken by the Marsic general, Pompædius Silo. Cæsar established a military colony, and it afterwards throve under the Roman empire.