Cuma
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- Alternate Name
- Cumae
- Names
Cuma
Cumae
- Place Type
- archaeological site; deserted settlement
- Description
- Was ancient town on coast W of Neapolis (Naples); oldest Greek colony in Italy, founded ca. 750 BC; was believed to have been the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl; came under supremacy of Rome in 338 BC; destroyed by Neapolitans in 1205 AD.
- Source
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
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