Hydruntum/Hydrous
settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD
A Greek city at the easternmost point of the Italian peninsula that sided against Rome in both the Pyrrhic and Hannibalic wars. In the time of the Roman Empire the city was located in the province of Calabria and was an embarkation point for ships leaving for Apollonia across the Adriatic Sea.
- Coordinates
- 40.14585, 18.49108
- Also known as
- Hydrous (grc), Hydruntum, Otranto (en), Otranto (it), Ydrunte (la), Ydrvnte (la), Ὑδροῦς (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)