Laüs

thumb|Stater of Laus with man-headed bull, c. 490-470 BC

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Laus
Ancient site.native_name: ΛᾶοςLaos
Ancient site.alternate_name: Laus
Ancient site.image: Laos SNGANS 132.jpg
Ancient site.alt: Obverse and reverse of a coin from Laüs
Ancient site.caption: Stater of Laus with man-headed bull, c. 510-500 BC
Ancient site.map_type: Italy
Ancient site.location: Marcellina, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Ancient site.epochs: Archaic Greek to Roman Republican
Ancient site.cultures: Greek, Lucanian
Ancient site.excavations: First between 1929 and 1932
Ancient site.ownership: Public
Ancient site.management: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria
Ancient site.website: ArcheoCalabriaVirtual

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.archeocalabria.beniculturali.it/archeovirtualtour/calabriaweb/laos1.htm
Image: SantaMariaDelCedroParcoArcheologicoLaos.jpg

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phone number: +39-0985-920069
email address: mailto:[email protected]
postal code: 87020
street address: via degli Scavi ‒ 87020 Santa Maria del Cedro (CS)

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thumb|Stater of Laus with man-headed bull, c. 490-470 BC

Laüs or Laus (; ) was an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was at the mouth of the Lao River, which formed the boundary between Lucania and Bruttium in ancient times and gave it its name.