Ascoli piceno
noun
a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc Pop: 51 375 (2001) Latin name Asculum Picenum (ˈæskjʊləm paɪˈsiːnəm)
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