Asculum, A citie in Puell in Italy, where Turins and Fabritius discomfited Pyrthus.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ascŭlum (Asclum, Sil. 8, 440, and Itin. Anton.), i, n., = *)/askoulon, more freq. *)/asklon. I.The capital of Picenum, now Ascoli, Plin. 3, 13, 18, 111; Flor. 1, 18, 9; 1, 18, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 492.—Hence, Ascŭlānus, a, um, adj., of Asculum, Asculanian: triumphus, Plin. 7, 43, 44, 135. —Ascŭlāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Asculum, Cic. Font. 14.—II.A town in Apulia, Flor. 1, 18, 9 Duker; hence, As-cŭlīnus, a, um, adj., Asculinian: ager, Front. Colon. p. 110.