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Calabria - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | Strabo mentions its pastures and trees, and its olives, vines and fruit trees (which are still the principal source of prosperity) are frequently spoken of by the ancients. |
 | | The wool of Tarentum and Brundisium was also famous, and at the former place were considerable dye-works. |
 | | The Via Appia, prolonged to Brundisium perhaps as early as 190 B.C., passed through Tarentum; the shorter route by Canusium, Barium and Gnathia was only made into a main artery of communication by Trajan (see Appia, Via). |
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