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LAINUS (Ancient city) CALABRIA
Now connected with the two towns, Laino Castello and Laino Borgo.
Strategically located in the Laos valley, settlement extended from the 9th c.
B.C., represented by an indigenous necropolis, through the 6th and connections
with Sybaris, into the Hellenistic period. In Laino Borgo have been found the
remains of a wall, a kiln, and terracotta figurines from the Hellenistic period.
In the area between S. Primo and S. Gadda are Lucanian tombs from the Hellenistic
period. Thus far no Roman remains have been found. The finds are in the Museo
di Reggio.
J. P. Small, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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