Manduria

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

Manduria was a key Messapic center. Archidamus III, king of Sparta, fell there in 338 B.C. while leading the army of Taras.

Coordinates

40.39770, 17.63638

Also known as

Amandrinum, Mandonion, Mandurion (grc), Manduris (la), Mandvris (la), oppidum Manduriam (la), oppidum Manduriam (la), Μανδύριον (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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