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Canne (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 09 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.1500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Roman city 8 km NE of Canosa (ancient Canusium) on the right bank of the Ofanto (ancient Aufidus) River; noted for Neolithic & Bronze Age sherds, Iron Age burials, & immense necropolis; Hannibal defeated the Romans here in 216 BCE. |
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Puglia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Bari (province) (P) |
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Canne (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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settled in Neolithic times, later was a Roman center & destroyed in 1276 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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during the Middle Ages |
| battlefield (H) |
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on August 2, 216 BCE, in which the Romans suffered severe defeat against Carthaginians under Hannibal |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| Neolithic (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Canosa .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, España, Galicia, A Coruña province) [7340584] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Canne della Battaglia.......... |
[VP] |
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TCI: Puglia (1978) 149-156 |
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