Oscan tribe between the Daunii and the Frentani (Str. 6,3,8); after the establishment of Roman rule (Liv. 8,25; 37; 9,12 ff.; 20,4 ff. for 317 BC) they gave their name to the territory from the Adriatic (with the Diomedeae insulae, today Isole Tremiti) to the Appenninus, with the Bradanus (today Brádano) flowing into the Gulf of Tarentum, from the Tifernus to Calabria. Mesozoic limestone and dolomite determine the soil on mons Garganus (today Monte Gargano with the Montenero 1012 m), and their topsoil does on the Apulian plateau. Subjected to…
Apuli, Apulia(385 words)
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Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart), “Apuli, Apulia”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 03 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e129910>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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