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Cuma (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was ancient town on coast west of Neapolis (Naples); oldest Greek colony in Italy, founded ca. 750 BCE; was believed to have been the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl; came under supremacy of Rome in 338 BCE; destroyed by Neapolitans in 1205 CE. |
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| Cuma (preferred,C,V,S,Italian,U,N)
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| Antichità di Cuma (C,V)
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| Cuma, Sito Archeologico di (C,V)
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| Sito Archeologico di Cuma (C,V)
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| Cumae (C,V)
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| Kyme (C,V)
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| Kuma (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Κύμα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Kumai (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Κύμαι (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Kumē (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Κύμη (C,V,Greek,U)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Napoli (province) (P) |
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Cuma (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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inhabited from ca. 750 BCE-1205 CE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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since 1205 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| Ancient Greek (H) |
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