Lagaria (
Greek
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: ), was an ancient town of
Lucania
Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy. It was the land of the Lucani, an Oscan people. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto.
It bordered with Samnium and Campania in the north, Apulia in the east, and Brutti ...
, situated between
Thurii
Thurii (; grc-gre, Θούριοι, Thoúrioi), called also by some Latin writers Thurium (compare grc-gre, Θούριον in Ptolemy), for a time also Copia and Copiae, was a city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Gulf of Taranto, Tarentine gul ...
and the river
Siris Siris may refer to:
Geography
*Siris (Magna Graecia), an ancient city in southern Italy
*Serres, a city in Macedonia called Siris by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus
* Siris, Sardinia, an Italian commune
*Sinni (river) (Siris in Latin), Italy
...
(modern Sinni).
According to legend, it was founded by a colony of
Phocians under the command of
Epeius There were two characters named Epeius (; Ancient Greek: Ἐπειός ''Epeiós'') or Epeus in Greek mythology.
* Epeius, an Elean prince as son of King Endymion. He ran a race at Olympia, against his brothers Aetolus and Paeon, winning his fath ...
, the architect of the
Trojan Horse
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.
Strabo
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and
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
calls it only a fortress (), and it was probably never a place of any importance; though deriving some celebrity in later times from the excellence of its wine, which was esteemed one of the best in
Italy
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. The statement of Strabo, above quoted, is the only clue to its position, which cannot therefore be determined with any certainty.
Cluverius placed it at
Nocara
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, about 16 km from the sea, and this conjecture (for it is nothing more) has been adopted by
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Some people named Romanelli include:
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. The editors of the ''
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
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'', along with most modern scholars, place the ruins of Lagaria at Monte Coppolo, in the ''
comune
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'' of
Valsinni
Valsinni is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Matera, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
The village is bordered by Colobraro, Nocara, Noepoli, Nova Siri, Rotondella and San Giorgio Lucano.
History
The territory of the "comun ...
,
Matera Province
The province of Matera ( it, Provincia di Matera; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. ...
,
Basilicata
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. The wines of this neighborhood are said still to preserve their ancient reputation.
[Cluverius ''Ital.'' p. 1272; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 248.]
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Pre-Roman cities in Italy
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Ruins in Italy
Wine regions of Italy
Former populated places in Italy
Colonies of Magna Graecia