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Unknown Era · Site41.6094°N, 15.8906°E

Sipous/Sipontum

Sipous/Sipontum was a Greek colony that fell first under Samnite control, then was later taken by Alexander of Epirus. The site became a Roman colony in 189 BC. Legend ascribed its foundation to the hero Diomedes.

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