CAPENA, an ancient city of southern Etruria, frequently mentioned with Veii and Falerii. According to Cato it was a colony of the former, and in the wars between Veii and Rome it appears as dependent upon Veii, after the fall of which town, however, it became subject to Rome. Out of its territory the tribus Stellatina was formed in 367 B.C. It stood on the lonely hill known as Civitucola, about 4m. N.E. of the post station of ad Vicesimum on the ancient Via Flaminia, on the north side of a dried-up lake, once a volcanic crater. Remains of buildings of the Roman period exist, while many tombs, especially of the 8th to 7th centuries B.C., have been found in the neighbouring hills.
See T. Ashby, "Memorie dell Accademia Pontificia ser. 3, vol. i. part ii., p. 153 sqq. (1924) , for a full account of the site, with reff.