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Policastro Bussentino (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 31 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.5167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at the mouth of the Bussento river; first appears in history 6th century BCE as a dependency of Sybaris; site of Roman colony from 194 BCE. |
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| Policastro Bussentino (preferred,C,V)
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| Policastro di S. Marina (C,V)
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| Policastro del Golfo (C,V)
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| Policastro (C,V)
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| Buxentum (H,V)
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| Pyxous (H,V)
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| Πυξοῦς (H,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited since at least the 6th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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