Compsa Compsa Compsa (modern Conza della Campania) was an ancient city of the Hirpini, near the sources of the Aufidus, on the boundary of Lucania and not far from that of Apulia, on a ridge 609 m above sea level. It was betrayed to Hannibal in 216 BC after the defeat of Cannae, but recaptured two years later. It was probably occupied by Sulla in 89 BC, and was the scene of the death of Titus Annius Milo in 48 BC. Most modern sources, for example Hülsen in Pauly-Wissowa's "Realencyclopädie" (Stuttgart, 1901, iv. 797), refer Caesar's "Commentarii de Bello Civili" (iii.
Ancient aesthetics (1345 A.D – 1521 A.D), The Romans (550 BC – 465 B.C,) the Persians (550 BC – 465 B.C), Chinese civilization (1600 BCE-1046 BCE,) Mayan civilization (2600 BC-900 A.D,) Ancient Egypt (3100 BCE-2686 BCE), Indus Valley civilization (3300 BC -1900 BC) and Mesopotamia (3500 BC -500 BC.) Ancient or archaic Greece is classified as the time period between 800 B.C. and 500 B.C. Beauty in ancient Greece (800-300 BCE) was referred to as κάλλος. The history of ancient Greek aesthetics spans centuries.Philosophical theories of beauty through this era fall under categories of proportion, functionality and the Form. Influence of beauty