[[Image:The Duomo of Lucera.jpg|left|thumb|Gereja Besar Lucera.]]
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During the civil wars of the late Republic [[Pompey]] set up his headquarters in Lucera, but abandoned the city when [[Julius Caesar]] approached. Lucera quickly switched its allegiance and Caesar's clemency spared it from harm. In the next civil war between [[Octavian]] and [[Mark Antony|Mark Anthony]] the city did not escape as lightly. After the war Octavian settled many veteran soldiers on the lands of the ruined city. This helped Lucera recover quickly and marked an era of renewed prosperity. Many of the surviving Roman landmarks hail from this Augustan period, among them the Luceran amphitheatre.
