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ID: 7007534
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007534
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ascoli Satriano (inhabited place)  Ascoli Satriano (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 015 34 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 15.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on E slope of Apennines; site of battle in 279 BC, in which Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, defeated the Romans; Pyrrhus' losses were so great, that the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined to describe a costly victory.

Names:
Ascoli Satriano (preferred,C,V)
Apulum (H,V)
Ausculum (H,V)
Ausculum Apulum (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Puglia (region (administrative division))  ............  Puglia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Foggia (province)  ................  Foggia (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ascoli Satriano (inhabited place)  ....................  Ascoli Satriano (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
episcopal see (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Faragola .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Europe, Italia, Puglia, Foggia province) [7902218]

Sources and Contributors:
Apulum..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 52
Ascoli Satriano..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 52
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  TCI: Puglia (1986) 197
.............................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 16
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 81
Ausculum..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 337
Ausculum Apulum..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 337
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 52
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -110791
..................  TCI: Puglia (1986) 197
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 16
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 337
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 81
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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