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Petelia

Ancient city · Italy

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
39.266, 17.051
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: Petilia or Petelia was a city name found in some ancient works of classical antiquity.

History

Petilia or Petelia was a city name found in some ancient works of classical antiquity. It's widely accepted that in antiquity there were two cities with this name, both located in Southern Italy. One of them, Petilia, was located in ancient Lucania, while the second one, Petelia, was located on the coast of Bruttium.

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