Lucania

Western Roman Emperor (420-465)

thumb|alt=Multi-color map of northern Italy|Map of ancient Lucania according to The Historical Atlas|277x277px thumb|Lucanian chimera, alleged to be used in Lucanian shields Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy, named after its native Lucani, an Oscan people. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. It bordered with Samnium and Campania in the north, Apulia in the east, and Bruttium in the south-west, and was at the tip of the peninsula which is now called Calabria. It comprised almost all the modern region of Basilicata, the southern part of the Province of Sa

280px|right|thumb|The Oscan language in the 5th century BC. The Lucanians () were an Italic tribe living in Lucania, in what is now southern Italy, who spoke the Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. Today, the inhabitants of the Basilicata region are still called Lucani, and so is their dialect.

thumb|The Crati at its confluence with the Busento river near the center of Cosenza The Crati is a river in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the largest river of Calabria and the third largest river of southern Italy after the Volturno and the Sele. In classical antiquity it was known as the Crathis or Crater (Greek: ).

river in Italy

Pretender to the Spartan throne, son of Cleomenes II

thumb|Stater of Laus with man-headed bull, c. 490-470 BC

ancient human settlement in Lucania

71 BC battle

ancient city

Ancient crown