Casteggio

The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Republican army led by the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Insubres, a Celtic people in northern Italy. Florus writes that the Insubres were led by Viridomarus, or Britomartus, as the name varies in translation. The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcellus earned the spolia opima, one of the highest honors in ancient Rome, by killing the king in single combat. It was also notable as one of the few battles won by the Roman cavalry without any aid by the legions.

Clastidium (modern Casteggio), was a village of the Ligurian tribe of Anamares (Marici named also) in Gallia Cispadana, on the Via Postumia, 5 miles east of Iria (modern Voghera) and 31 miles west of Placentia.Here in 222 BC, Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeated the Gauls and won the spolia opima; in 218 BC, Hannibal took it and its stores of grain by treachery. It never had an independent government, and not later than 190 BC was made part of the colony of Placentia, founded in 218 BC.In the Augustan division of Italy, however, Placentia belonged to the 8th region, Aemilia, whereas Iria certainly, and Clastidium possibly, belonged to the 9th region, Liguria (see Theodor Mommsen in Corp. Inscrip. Lat. vol. v. Berlin, 1877, p. 828).The remains visible at Clastidium are scanty; there is a fountain (the Fontana d'Annibale), and a Roman bridge, which seems to have been constructed of tiles, not of stone, was discovered in 1857, but destroyed.

Casatisma is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia. Casatisma borders the following municipalities: Bressana Bottarone, Casteggio, Castelletto di Branduzzo, Corvino San Quirico, Robecco Pavese, Verretto.

Verretto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia. Verretto borders the following municipalities: Casatisma, Casteggio, Castelletto di Branduzzo, Lungavilla, Montebello della Battaglia.

Torricella Verzate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. As of December 31, 2004, it had a population of 829 and an area of 3.6 km².Torricella Verzate borders the following municipalities: Corvino San Quirico, Mornico Losana, Oliva Gessi, Robecco Pavese, Santa Giuletta.

Robecco Pavese is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located in the Oltrepò Pavese about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia.

Montebello della Battaglia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. Montebello della Battaglia borders the following municipalities: Borgo Priolo, Casteggio, Codevilla, Lungavilla, Torrazza Coste, Verretto, Voghera. It is famous for two battles: in that of 1800 the French army under Jean Lannes defeated an Austrian army. That of 1859, part of the Austro-Sardinian War, was a victory of the armies of France and Savoy, again over the Austrians.

Monte Ceresino is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Province of Pavia. It has an elevation of 433 metres. It is located at the top of two different valleys: that of the Rile (a hamlet in Lombardy), which descends to Casteggio, and that of San Zeno, which descends to Fumo. Part of the mountains slopes in the central-eastern part of Oltrepò Pavese are cultivated with Vineyards.

Corvino San Quirico is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,084 and an area of 4.4 km².Corvino San Quirico borders the following municipalities: Calvignano, Casatisma, Casteggio, Oliva Gessi, Robecco Pavese, Torricella Verzate.

Calvignano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 20 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 112 and an area of 6.9 km².Calvignano borders the following municipalities: Borgo Priolo, Casteggio, Corvino San Quirico, Montalto Pavese, Oliva Gessi.

Redavalle is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia. Redavalle borders the following municipalities: Barbianello, Broni, Pietra de' Giorgi, Santa Giuletta.

Santa Giuletta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about 15 km south of Pavia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,605 and an area of 11.7 km².Santa Giuletta borders the following municipalities: Barbianello, Mornico Losana, Pietra de' Giorgi, Pinarolo Po, Redavalle, Robecco Pavese, Torricella Verzate. Santa Giuletta is situated at the end of the Apennines chain. The village has a railway station on the line Alessandria-Voghera-piacenza. It is crossed by the SS10 "Padana inferiore". The area in which Santa Giuletta is located is known as "Oltrepo Pavese".