coast-fortresses

Updated: May 1, 2025

Campania, indeed, had been long in subjection; but the far-seeing policy of Rome found it needful, in order to secure the Campanian coast, to establish two coast-fortresses there, Minturnae and Sinuessa , the new burgesses of which were admitted according to the settled rule in the case of maritime colonies to the full citizenship of Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book II : From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy

Campania, indeed, had been long in subjection; but the far-seeing policy of Rome found it needful, in order to secure the Campanian coast, to establish two coast-fortresses there, Minturnae and Sinuessa , the new burgesses of which were admitted according to the settled rule in the case of maritime colonies to the full citizenship of Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)