Sepino is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

in the Italian region

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

, located about south of

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

. The archaeological site of

Saepinum Saepinum (modern Altilia, near Sepino) was a Samnite town located c. south of the modern Campobasso in south central Italy. Saepinum was on the ancient road from Beneventum to Corfinium. History The position of the original town is on the mou ...

is located nearby. Sepino borders the following municipalities:

Cercemaggiore Cercemaggiore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southeast of Campobasso. Cercemaggiore borders the following municipalities: Castelpagano, Cercepiccola, Gildone, Jelsi, Mir ...

Cercepiccola Cercepiccola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about south of Campobasso. Cercepiccola borders the following municipalities: Cercemaggiore, Mirabello Sannitico, San Giuliano del S ...

, Guardiaregia,

Morcone Morcone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italy, Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento. The villages (Contrade) of Morcone include: Canep ...

Pietraroja Pietraroja is a mountain ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Benevento in Campania, southern Italy. It is approximately 50 km by car from Benevento, in direction north-west, 83 km from Naples in direction north-east and appr ...

San Giuliano del Sannio San Giuliano del Sannio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about south of Campobasso. San Giuliano del Sannio borders the following municipalities: Cercepiccola, Guardiaregia, Mir ...

Sassinoro Sassinoro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 30 km northwest of Benevento. Sassinoro borders the following municipalities: Morcon ...

. In the early 7th century AD, what are today the communes of Sepino,

Isernia Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the Antonine Itinerary, ''Serni''. is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Molise, and the capital of province of Isernia. Geography Situated on a rocky crest ...

and

Bojano Bojano or Boiano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso, Molise, south-central Italy. History Originally named Bovianum, it was settled by the 7th century BC. As the capital of the Pentri, a tribe of the Samnites, it played a maj ...

were the places where

Grimoald I of Benevento Grimoald or Grimwald (c. 610 – 671) was a 7th-century King of Italy, ruling as Duke of Benevento from 647 to 662, and then as King of the Lombards of Sicily, Lombards from 662 until his death in 671.Chris Wickham, ''Early Medieval Italy: Centra ...

settled a group of Bulgars, seeking refuge from the Avars; the Bulgars were for many generations a distinctive part of the population, until finally assimilated in their Italian environment (see Bulgarians in Italy, Old Great Bulgaria#Bulgars in Southern Italy). Beginning in the late 19th century, many residents of Sepino have immigrated to other countries. The earliest waves migrated to the United States (particularly

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) and

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, and after World War II many moved to Canada, Australia, Brazil,

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, and other European countries besides Italy, namely

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and

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References

Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub