- Pandosia (Lucania)
Pandosia (Greek: polytonic|Πανδοσία) was an ancient town of
Lucania (nowBasilicata ),Italy , situated near Heraclea. It has often been confounded with Pandosia in Bruttium; but the distinct existence of a Lucanian town of the name is clearly established by two authorities.Plutarch describes Pyrrhus as encamping in the plain between Pandosia and Heraclea, with the river Siris (modernSinni ) in front of him (Plut. "Pyrrh." 16); and the celebrated "Tabulae Heracleenses " repeatedly refer to the existence of a town of the name in the immediate neighborhood of Heraclea. (Mazocchi, "Tab. Heracl." p. 104.) From these notices we may infer that it was situated at a very short distance from Heraclea, but apparently further inland; and its site has been fixed with some probability at a spot calledSanta Maria d'Anglona , about 11 km from the sea, and 6.5 km from Heraclea. The medieval city ofAnglona was a successor to Heraclea, and was anepiscopal see down to a late period of the middle ages, but is now wholly deserted. (Mazocchi, l. c. pp. 104, 105; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 265.)References
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