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Pagani is a town and ''comune'' in Campania, Italy, administratively part of the Province of Salerno. It had 34,775 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2004. ==History== In the period before the Roman supremacy in southern Italy, ''Taurania'' appears to have been the chief town in the valley of the Sarnus, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Stabiae and Surrentum all being dependent upon it. It maintained its allegiance to Rome till 309 BC when it joined the revolted Samnites. In 308 BC it repulsed a Roman attempt to land at the mouth of the Sarnus, but in 307 BC it was besieged and surrendered. Under Romans it was named ''Barbatianus''. It obtained favourable terms, and remained faithful to Rome even after Cannae. Hannibal reduced it in 216 BC by starvation, and destroyed the town. The inhabitants returned when peace was restored. Even during the Social War it remained true to Rome. In 73 BC it was plundered by Spartacus. A small colony of Saracens was actually introduced in the town around the 9th century. It was united to Nocera Inferiore, and it took the name of ''Nuceria Paganorum'', by the ''Pagans'', a noble family living in the castle of ''Curtis in Plano'', in Pagani. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pagani, Campania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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