Comments on: Cerreto Sannita: The Innovating Force of Chaos http://www.savourthesannio.com/2008/11/19/cerreto-sannita-the-innovating-force-of-chaos/ the blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: admin http://www.savourthesannio.com/2008/11/19/cerreto-sannita-the-innovating-force-of-chaos/#comment-328 admin Wed, 20 May 2009 05:18:37 +0000 http://www.savourthesannio.com/?p=473#comment-328 Your great uncle was right. Cerreto was home to the Samnite tribes, but that was way before the Lombard and Norman invasions. The Samnites were eventually destroyed by the Romans in the third Samnite War of 290 BC. Your grandmother was also telling the truth, because the wind woud have carried the ashes far and wide, temporarily covering the sun Your great uncle was right. Cerreto was home to the Samnite tribes, but that was way before the Lombard and Norman invasions. The Samnites were eventually destroyed by the Romans in the third Samnite War of 290 BC.
Your grandmother was also telling the truth, because the wind woud have carried the ashes far and wide, temporarily covering the sun

]]> By: Gene Parisi http://www.savourthesannio.com/2008/11/19/cerreto-sannita-the-innovating-force-of-chaos/#comment-326 Gene Parisi Tue, 19 May 2009 23:11:06 +0000 http://www.savourthesannio.com/?p=473#comment-326 I like your site. I especially enjoyed reading the write-up on the town of Cerreto Sannita. My paternal grandmother and her three brothers were born there. Their name was Di Crosta. On another site I found out that the name is one of the most common names there. (I had no idea the region was occupied by the Lombards and the Normans in the past. My grandmother's youngest brother, my great-uncle, said the region was the ancient home of the Samnites!) My grandmother and her siblings are long since dead but I remember my grandmother telling me when I was young that Vesuvius erupted in 1906. She said the sky in the town became very dark and the people became frightened. I always wondered if an eruption from Vesuvius would have darken considering that somone told me that Cerreto Sannita is about 60 kilometers from Naples? I like your site. I especially enjoyed reading the write-up on the town of Cerreto Sannita. My paternal grandmother and her three brothers were born there. Their name was Di Crosta. On another site I found out that the name is one of the most common names there. (I had no idea the region was occupied by the Lombards and the Normans in the past. My grandmother’s youngest brother, my great-uncle, said the region was the ancient home of the Samnites!)

My grandmother and her siblings are long since dead but I remember my grandmother telling me when I was young that Vesuvius erupted in 1906. She said the sky in the town became very dark and the people became frightened. I always wondered if an eruption from Vesuvius would have darken considering that somone told me that Cerreto Sannita is about 60 kilometers from Naples?

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