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Locri Epizefiri (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.2000 decimal degrees |
Long: 016 13 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Ionian sea; founded about 680 BCE near modern Capo Zefirio, by the Locrians, apparently by Opuntii (East Locrians)was the first Greek colony to have a written code of law, developed in ca. 660 BCE; was a thriving center that founded other colonies and repulsed attack by Crotone in 6th cen. BCE; captured by Rome 205 BCE, destroyed in 10th century. |
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Locri Epizefiri (preferred,C,V)
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Locri (C,V)
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Lokri (C,V)
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Lokroi Epizephyrioi (C,V)
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Locri Epizephyrii (C,V)
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Lokri Hoi Epizephyroi (C,V)
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Ἐπιζεφύριοι Λοκροί (C,V)
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Calabria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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colonial settlement (H) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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Locri .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Calabria, Reggio di Calabria province) [1045117] |
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