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ID: 7008299
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008299
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eraclea (deserted settlement)  Eraclea (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 13 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.2167  decimal degrees
Long: 016 40 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Located near Gulf of Taranto; believed to have been founded by Greeks from Tarentum 433 BCE; site of battle where King Pyrrhus of Epirus, endured heavy losses when he defeated Romans in 280 BCE (source of phrase "Pyrrhic victory," or victory at great cost).

Names:
Eraclea (preferred,C,V)
Heraclea (C,V)
Herakleia (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italy (nation)  ........  Italy (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Basilicata (region (administrative division))  ............  Basilicata (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Matera (province)  ................  Matera (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Eraclea (deserted settlement)  ....................  Eraclea (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 5th cen. BC
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Eraclea..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 1:52
.................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 350 ff.
Heraclea..........  [VP]
.................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 350-351
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
Herakleia..........  [VP]
....................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 350 ff.
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-52; 1:52
..................  TCI: Basilicata Calabria (1980) 350 ff.; 350-351
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 345
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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