Puteŏli

, a maritime town of Camp an i a, between Baiæ and Naples, founded by a colony from Cumæ. It was originally called Dicæarchia, and afterwards Puteoli , from the great number of wells that were in the neighbourhood. It was much frequented by the Romans, on account of its mineral waters and hot baths, and near it Cicero had a villa called Puteolanum . It is now called Puzzoli , and contains, instead of its ancient magnificence, not more than 10,000 inhabitants. Silius Italic us , bk. 13 , li. 385 .— Strabo , bk. 5 .— Varro , de Lingua Latina , bk. 4 , ch. 5 .— Cicero , Philippics , bk. 8 , ch. 3 ; Letters to his Friends , bk. 15 , ltr. 5 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 4 .— Pausanias , bk. 8 , ch. 7 .