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Thurii Copia (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 43 02 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.7170 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 29 44 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.4950 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city of Magna Graecia, near Sybaris on the Gulf of Taranto; established 443 BCE by Pericles to replace Sybaris; destroyed by Crotone; later allied to Rome; pillaged by Hannibal 204 BCE during 2nd Punic War. |
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| Thurii Copia (preferred,C,V)
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| Thuria (C,V)
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| Thurium (C,V)
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| Thurii (C,V)
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| Θούριον (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Copia (C,V)
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| Copiae (C,V)
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Calabria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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established in 5th cen. BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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