Metapontum
Sign in to saveMetapontum or Metapontium () was an ancient city of Magna Graecia, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus (modern Basento). It was distant about 20 km from Heraclea and 40 from Tarentum. The ruins of Metapontum are located in the frazione of Metaponto, in the comune of Bernalda, in the Province of Matera, Basilicata region, southern Italy.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Metapontum
- Ancient site.native_name
- Μεταπόντιον
- Ancient site.image
- Metapontum theater AvL.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The theater of Metapontum was built on top of an older ekklesiasterion.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Metaponto, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy
- Ancient site.region
- Magna Graecia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- Between 700 and 690 BCE
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greece to Roman Empire
- Ancient site.occupants
- Pythagoras
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Basilicata
- Ancient site.website
- Area archeologica di Metaponto
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation
- Early history
- Peloponnesian War
- Pyrrhic War and Roman domination
- Decline
- Coinage
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Metapontum or Metapontium () was an ancient city of Magna Graecia, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus (modern Basento). It was distant about 20 km from Heraclea and 40 from Tarentum. The ruins of Metapontum are located in the frazione of Metaponto, in the comune of Bernalda, in the Province of Matera, Basilicata region, southern Italy.
== History==
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