Caulonia
Americannoun
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You may obtain a fairly good view of Caulonia from the southeast; or again, from the neighbouring hillock of San Vito.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
Fabius, therefore, threw out these men as a bait for Hannibal, to divert him from Tarentum; who instantly caught at it, and led his forces to Caulonia; in the meantime, Fabius sat down before Tarentum.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Caulonia and Hipponeum, two cities whose territory occupied the breadth of the Calabrian peninsula, fell into his hands.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
The woodlands have retired far inland; yet here at Caulonia, says Thucydides, was prepared the timber for the fleets of Athens.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
Had the old city of Caulonia, numbering perhaps 20,000 inhabitants, stood here under such conditions of hygiene, it would have been expunged off the face of the earth in fifty years.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
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