Falernus Ager, a district in the northern part of ancient Campania, extending from the Massican hills to the bank of the Vulturnus, from which the ancient Romans obtained one of their choicest wines. The Falernian wine was red, very spirituous, and most powerful when from 15 to 20 years old. Its excellence is celebrated by the Roman poets, particularly by Horace. It was declining in quality in the time of Pliny, from want of care in the cultivation, and the vineyards disappeared in the 6th century.