Asculum (Asclum, Sil. 8, 440, and Itin. Anton.), i, n., = Ἄσκουλον, more freq. Ἄσκλον. 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, Asculānus, a, um, adj., of Asculum, Asculanian: triumphus, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 135.

—Asculāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Asculum, Cic. Font. 14.

— A town in Apulia, Flor. 1, 18, 9 Duker; hence, As-culīnus, a, um, adj., Asculinian: ager, Front. Colon. p. 110.