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Cosa (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 24 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.4000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a Latin colony on rocky promontory on the Tyrrhenian coast N of Rome; was Etruscan Vulci center; had close ties to Magna Graecia; Romans founded colony here in 273 BCE; remained loyal to Rome during 2nd Punic War; declined and last documented in 49 BCE. |
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Tuscany (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of new kingdom of Italy from 1861 |
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Cosa (deserted settlement) (P,U) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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a Vulci center, later an early Latin colony |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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Via Aurelia .......... (road) |
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(World, Europe, Italy) [6006325] |
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Ansedónia .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Grosseto province) [7010381] |
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