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Laus

Laus was an ancient Greek city on the Tyrrhenian coast of southern Italy, near the mouth of the Lao river in modern Calabria, founded as a colony of Sybaris. Near it, in 389 BCE, the Lucanians crushed an army of Thurii and its Italiote allies. The town later came under Lucanian control, and its remains have been excavated near Santa Maria del Cedro.

Mentioned in 3 state histories

ThuriiItaliote LeagueLucanians

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