Sybaris/Thurii/Copia

settlement · 750 BC – 640 AD

Sybaris was an ancient city of Magna Graecia founded as an Achaean colony as early as 720 BCE on a plain that was drained by both the Crati and Sybaris rivers. Greeks from Kroton destroyed Sybaris ca. 510 BCE. Following this destruction, two successive cities, Thurii and Copia, respectively, were established on the same site. This topic is of particular interest to ancient authors, at least 70 of whom mention it.

Sybaris/Thurii/Copia
Coordinates
39.71733, 16.49426
Also known as
Copia, Copiae, Sibari, Sibaris (eu), Sybaris (br), Sybaris (grc), Síbaris (ca), Thurii, Thurii (la), Thurii (la), Turis (la), Tvris (la), Σύβαρις (grc), Сибари (ce), Сибарис (bg), سيباريس (ar), سیباریس (fa)
Dating
attested

Sources

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