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Basilicata
Image:Italy_Regions_Basilicata_Map.png
Geography
Status Region
Capital Potenza
President Vito De Filippo
(DL-Union)
Provinces Matera
Potenza
Area 9,995 km²
 - Ranked 14th (3. Potenza (poˈtentsa is a town and Comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy ( Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL was a centrist Italian political party. The Union ( Italian: L'Unione) was an Italian Centre-left Political party coalition led by Romano Prodi, the In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Matera (Provincia di Matera is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. The Province of Potenza (Provincia di Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of These are ranked lists of the regions of Italy. Population figures are from 2001 3 %)
Population (2006 est. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology )
 - Total 611,000
 - Ranked 18th (1. These are ranked lists of the regions of Italy. Population figures are from 2001 0 %)
 - Density 59/km²

Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia (Puglia) to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. The Gulf of Taranto ( Italian: Golfo di Taranto, Latin: Sinus Tarentinus) is a gulf of the Ionian Sea, in southern Italy The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. The region may be thought of as the "instep" of Italy, with Calabria functioning as the "toe" and Apulia the "heel. " The region covers 9,992 km² and in 2001 had a population of about 600,000 inhabitants. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The regional capital is Potenza. Potenza (poˈtentsa is a town and Comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania The region is divided into two provinces: Potenza and Matera. The Province of Potenza (Provincia di Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. The Province of Matera (Provincia di Matera is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy.

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Geography

The region is as a whole mountainous, the highest point of the southern Apennines being Monte Pollino (2233 m or 7325 ft). The Pollino (Italian Massiccio del Pollino) is a massif in the southern Apennines, on the border between Calabria and Basilicata, southern Monte Vulture, in the northwest corner (Vulture area), is an extinct volcano (1330 m or 4365 ft). Mount Vulture is an Extinct volcano located 56 km north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region ( Italy) The Vulture area lies in the Province of Potenza in the region of Basilicata ( Italy) and comprises the communal territories of Atella The mountainous terrain made communications difficult until modern times, and Basilicata was one of the least developed provinces of Italy. Large-scale emigration meant that Basilicata's population grew by only 12% during the twentieth century, the slowest rate in Italy. Basilicata also used to be one of the poorest regions in Italy, but has become significantly richer over the past couple of years because of the discovery of oil. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit

Basilicata is divided into two provinces:

History

In Roman times the district was called Lucania and was administered together with the district of Bruttium (inhabited by the Bruttii), to the south. The Province of Matera (Provincia di Matera is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. The Province of Potenza (Provincia di Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Lucania was an ancient district of southern Italy, extending from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of The Bruttii ( Greek:, Italian: Bruzi were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the southern extremity of Italy, from the frontiers of The district of Lucania was so called from the people bearing the name Lucani (Lucanians), who invaded the country about the middle of the 5th century BC, driving the indigenous tribes, known to the Greeks as Oenotrians, Chones, and Leuterni (or Leutarni), into the mountainous interior. The Lucani ( Lucanians) were an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The Oenotrians (a Greek tribe led by Oenotrus) were an ancient Italic people who settled a territory of remarkably large dimensions including the region of Apulia The coasts on both sides were occupied by powerful Greek colonies, part of Magna Graecia. Colonies in antiquity were City-states founded from a mother- City

The Lucanians were engaged in hostilities with the Greek colony of Taras/Tarentum, and with Alexander, king of Epirus, who was called in by the Tarentine people to their assistance, in 326 BC, thus providing a precedent for Epirote interference in the affairs of Magna Graecia. Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in Alexander I of Epirus (ca 370 BC - ca 331 BC also known as Alexander Molossus was a king of Epirus (350 BC-331 BC of the Aeacid dynasty. Events By place Macedonian Empire In the spring Alexander the Great crosses the Indus near Attock and enters

In 298, Livy records, they made alliance with Rome, and Roman influence was extended by the colonies of Venusia (291), Paestum (Greek Posidonia, refounded in 273), and above all Roman Tarentum (refounded in 272). Events By place Roman Republic The Samnites defeat the Romans under Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus in the Battle Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC &ndash AD 17 known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome Events By place Greece Demetrius Poliorcetes joins his son Antigonus, in the siege of Thebes. Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. Events By place Egypt Impressed by Rome's defeat of Pyrrhus, Ptolemy II sends a friendly embassy Events By place Seleucid Empire The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II during Subsequently, however, the Lucanians suffered by choosing the losing side in the various wars on the peninsula in which Rome took part. They were sometimes in alliance with Rome, but more frequently engaged in hostilities, during the Samnite wars. The First, Second, and Third Samnite wars, between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium, extended over half a century involving When Pyrrhus of Epirus landed in Italy, 281 they were among the first to declare in his favor, and after his abrupt departure they were reduced to subjection, in a ten year campaign (272). Pyrrhus (318-272 BC ( Greek: Πύρρος Aιακιδης Pyrros Aiakides was one of the most successful ancient Greek generals of the Hellenistic Events By place Asia Minor The Battle of Corupedium in Lydia is the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors Events By place Seleucid Empire The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II during Enmity continued to run deep; they espoused the cause of Hannibal during the Second Punic War (216), and Lucania was ravaged by both armies during several campaigns. The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western Events By place Roman Republic The Carthaginian general Hannibal, moves his forces southward through Italy and seizes the large The country never recovered from these disasters, and under the Roman government fell into decay, to which the Social War, in which the Lucanians took part with the Samnites against Rome (90 - 88 BC), gave the finishing stroke. This article is about the conflict between Rome and her Italian allies between 91 and 88 BC For the Athenian conflict with its allies between 357 and 355 BC see Year 90 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Julius Caesar and Year 88 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome The Social War ends with the defeat of the Italian In the time of Strabo the Greek cities on the coast had fallen into insignificance, and owing to the decrease of population and cultivation malaria began to obtain the upper hand. The few towns of the interior were of no importance. A large part of the province was given up to pasture, and the mountains were covered with forests, which abounded in wild boars, bears and wolves.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Basilicata

Image gallery

Craco
Ferrandina
Maratea
Matera
Castle of Melfi
Metaponto
Rivello
Dolomiti Lucane
Cathedral of Tricarico

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Dictionary

Basilicata

-proper noun

  1. a region of southern Italy.
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