place
Venafrum
also: Venafranae
A town of Samnium renowned for the finest olive oil, the crown of Catius's sauce.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.6 Venafrum
A Campanian town of fine olives, rivaled by the Tarentine olive.
- The Odes §3.5 Venafrum
A Campanian town; Regulus departs to torture as calmly as to its fields.
- The Satires §2.4 the Venafran olive
Venafrum in Samnium produced Italy's finest olive oil, the crowning ingredient of the sauce.