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Campanian

Campanian

9.5
From the Campania region of Italy or the stage of the Late Cretaceous period
  • adjective
  • /kæmˈpeɪniən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : campaniense
  • In Italy, Campanian cuisine is renowned for its rich flavors and local ingredients.
  • Campanian painting

Examples

  • The fossils found in the area date back to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period.

  • Examples of similar compositions featuring other myths survive elsewhere in Campanian painting, from the Villa Imperiale and the houses of Jason, the Grand Duke, the Centaur, and the Punished Cupid at Pompeii, among other locations.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Marine archaeologists have recovered Roman cargo remains, including fragments of Italian amphorae that once held Campanian wines destined for distant bazaars.

    Academic text (2010)

  • In general, this question has been difficult to address for other popular subjects in Campanian painting (such as Actaeon, Dirce, Icarus) because so few of these Greek tales seem to have any explicit ties to Rome and its history.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Scholars have studied the Campanian period to understand the evolution of marine life.

Surface Forms

Campanian positive

Morphology

Campanian = Campania (semi-transparent) = Campania + an

Formed from the place name 'Campania' with the adjectival/demonym suffix '-an/-ian', but the geological technical sense is specialized.

Etymology

Campanian for the rock time is named after the Italian region Campania, where scientists first studied those layers; Campania comes from the Latin campus, meaning 'field'. So Campanian links that place of fields to this stage of the Late Cretaceous.