Lucania
Speech parts
1. Lucania - Noun
2. Lucania - Proper noun
Meaning
a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
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Phrases with the word
Examples
During the Imperial age it became one of the most important and flourishing cities of southern Italy when it was the seat of the "Corrector", the Governor of "Regio II Lucania et Bruttii" (province of Lucany and Brutium).
Later, during the reign of Augustus it became part of the third region of Italy, the 'Regio III Lucania et Bruttium. citation After sacking Rome in 410, Alaric I (King of the Visigoths) went to Calabria with the intention of sailing to Africa.