Metapontum

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

An important city of Magna Graecia, Metapontum was located on the Gulf of Tarentum. The Achaeans were responsible for its foundation, perhaps as early as the eighth century B.C.

Coordinates

40.38364, 16.82433

Also known as

Metapont (deu), Metapontion, Metapontion, Metapóntion (grc), Metaponto (pol), Metaponto (it), Metaponto (it), Metaponto (sito archeologico) (ita), Métaponte (fra), Pantanello (it), Pantanello (it), Μεταπόντιο (ell), Μεταπόντιον (grc), Метапонто (rus), ميتابونتو (ara)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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