Nuceria

, a town of Camp an i a taken by Annibal. It became a Roman colony under August us, and was called Nuceria Constant i a , or Alfaterna . It now bears the name of Nocera , and contains about 30,000 inhabitants. Lucan , bk. 2 , li. 472 .— Livy , bk. 9 , ch. 41 ; bk. 27 , ch. 3 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 8 , li. 531 .— Tacitus , Annals , bks. 13 & 14.――A town of Umbria at the foot of the A pennines. Strabo. — Pliny.