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For the genus of beetles, see [Compsa (beetle)](/source/Compsa_(beetle)).

Settlement in Province of Avellino, Italy

Compsa Location of Compsa in Campania 40°52′13″N 15°19′50″E / 40.87028°N 15.33056°E / 40.87028; 15.33056 Type Settlement Location Conza della Campania, Province of Avellino, Italy Region Campania Site notes Management Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta Public access Yes Website Sito Archeologico di Compsa (in Italian)

**Compsa** (modern [Conza della Campania](/source/Conza_della_Campania)) was an ancient city of the [Hirpini](/source/Hirpini), near the sources of the [Aufidus](/source/Aufidus), on the boundary of [Lucania](/source/Lucania) and not far from that of [Apulia](/source/Apulia), on a ridge 609 m above sea level.[1] It was betrayed to [Hannibal](/source/Hannibal) in 216 BC after the defeat of [Cannae](/source/Cannae), but recaptured two years later. It was probably occupied by [Sulla](/source/Sulla) in 89 BC, and was the scene of the death of [Titus Annius Milo](/source/Titus_Annius_Milo) in 48 BC.[2][3]

Most modern sources, for example Hülsen in Pauly-Wissowa's *Realencyclopädie* (Stuttgart, 1901, iv. 797), refer [Caesar](/source/Julius_Caesar)'s *[Commentarii de Bello Civili](/source/Commentarii_de_Bello_Civili)* (iii. 22) and [Pliny](/source/Pliny_the_Elder)'s [*Naturalis Historiæ*](/source/Natural_History_(Pliny))[4] to this place, supposing the ancient manuscripts to be corrupt. Thus the usual identification of the site of Milo's death with [Cassano allo Ionio](/source/Cassano_allo_Ionio) on the [Gulf of Taranto](/source/Gulf_of_Taranto) must be incorrect.[2]

In imperial times, as inscriptions show, it was a *[municipium](/source/Municipium)*, but it lay far from any of the main highways.[2] The ruins of the ancient city were studied again, when they reappeared after the destruction of the modern town in the [1980 Irpinia earthquake](/source/1980_Irpinia_earthquake).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Edlund Berry, I.; A. Small, DARMC; R. Talbert, S. Gillies; T. Elliott, J. Becker. ["Places: 442550 (Compsa)"](http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442550). Pleiades. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EB1911_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EB1911_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-EB1911_2-2) One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Compsa](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Compsa)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 814.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Carluccio2002_3-0)** Michele Carluccio (2002). [*Conza della Campania. Il parco archeologico Compsa*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3293PQAACAAJ). De Angelis. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-86218-46-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-86218-46-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Plin. *HN* 3.105.4 [http://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/250/2873-2879](http://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/250/2873-2879)

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