The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)'s a river in south-central Italy. Geography It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Rocchetta a Volturno (province of Isernia, Molise) and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore River near Caiazzo and runs south as far as Venafro, and then turns southwest, past Capua, to enter the Tyrrhenian Sea in Castel Volturno, northwest of Naples. The river's 175 km long. After a course of some 120 km it… (More on Volturno)