Lucania
Sign in to savethumb|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
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- Geography
- Etymology
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Cities and towns
- Later use
- Notes
- References
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 Salerno (the Cilento area), the western part of Province of Taranto and a northern portion of the Province of Cosenza.
The precise limits were the river Silarus in the north-west, which separated it from Campania, and the Gravina which flows into the Gulf of Taranto in the east. The lower tract of the river Laus, which flows from a ridge of the Apennine Mountains to the Tyrrhenian Sea in an east–west direction, marked part of the border with Bruttium.