Lucania
enUKLu·ca·ni·a
(lo͞o-kā′nē-ə, -kān′yə), MountLucania
(luːˈkeɪnɪə)Lu•ca•ni•a
(luˈkeɪ ni ə)n.
| Noun | 1. |  Lucania - a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot') |
| 单词 | lucania | |||
| 释义 | LucaniaenUKLu·ca·ni·a(lo͞o-kā′nē-ə, -kān′yə), MountLucania(luːˈkeɪnɪə)Lu•ca•ni•a(luˈkeɪ ni ə)n.
LucaniaenUKLucania(lo͞okā`nēə), ancient region of S Italy. It was bounded on the east by the Gulf of Tarentum (now Taranto) and by Apulia, on the north by Samnium and Campania, on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the south by Bruttium. Italic tribes and Greek colonists lived there before the Roman conquest in the 3d cent. B.C. (see Magna GraeciaMagna Graecia[Lat.,=great Greece], Greek colonies of S Italy. The Greek overseas expansion of the 8th cent. B.C. founded a number of towns that became the centers of a new, thriving Greek territory. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Their chief cities were Heraclea and Metapontum on the Gulf of Tarentum and Paestum and Buxentum on the Tyrrhenian coast. The non-Greek Lucanians were Samnites. The western portion of ancient Lucania is now in Campania; the larger eastern part is in BasilicataBasilicata , region (1991 pop. 610,528), 3,856 sq mi (9,987 sq km), S Italy, bordering on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest and on the Gulf of Taranto in the southeast. It forms the instep of the Italian "boot. ..... Click the link for more information. . LucaniaenUK
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