PALLA´NUM
PALLA´NUM a town of the Frentani, the name of which is known only from the Tabula, which places it on the road from Anxanum (
Lanciano) to Histoniumn; but the distances are corrupt and confused.
According to Romanelli, extensive ruins still remain of an ancient city on a site still called
Monte Pallano, about 3 miles SW. of
Atessa. It is difficult, however, to reconcile this position with the course of the route given in the Tabula. (
Tab. Pent.; Romanelli, vol. iii. p. 43; Zannoni,
Carta del Reyno di Napoli, fol. 4.)
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