Ancient city was established by Greek colonists from Sybaris, who called it Poseidonia; taken by Lucanians 5th cen. BCE & by Romans 273 BCE; was famous for its roses; was destroyed by Saracens 871 AD; now site of the village of Pesto. (Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
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Ancient city was established by Greek colonists from Sybaris, who called it Poseidonia; taken by Lucanians 5th cen. BCE & by Romans 273 BCE; was famous for its roses; was destroyed by Saracens 871 AD; now site of the village of Pesto. (Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
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