Pozzuoli
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- Alternate Name
- Puteoli
Dikaerchia
- Names
Puteoli
Dikaerchia
Pozzuoli
- Place Type
- political
- Description
- Situated on the Bay of Pozzuoli; founded by Greeks in 6th cen. BCE; became a Roman colony in 194 BCE; an important commercial center under the Roman Empire; declined after Germanic invasions in the 5th cen. CE; damaged in volcanic eruptions of Middle Ages.
- Source
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
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