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  Encyclopedia: Campania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Puglia to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east.
Campania was part of Magna Graecia, the Greek colonies of southern Italy; the first Greek colony was founded at Cumae, north of present day Naples, in the 8th century BC.
Campania was the breadbasket for Rome, until the inclusion of Egypt brought greater supplies of grain, resulting in the conversion of smallholdings in Campania to the characteristic latifundia that lasted from the Empire to modern times.
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Baiae, village, in Campania, S Italy, on the Bay of Naples.
According to Strabo, it was the earliest Greek colony in Italy or Sicily, and it seems to have been founded c.750 BC by Chalcis.
A favorite residential area in Roman times, it was later largely abandoned for centuries because of the prevalence of malaria and the lack of sufficient water for cultivation.
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 Campania (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Campania, two ships of the Royal Navy.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
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 Encyclopedia: Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law.
Alternate meanings in cabinet (disambiguation) A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch.
Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio) is a volcano east of Naples, Italy, located at 40°49′N 14°26′ E. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland, although it is not currently erupting.
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 Encyclopedia: HMS Campania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
There were two ships of the name HMS Campania, named after the region Campania in Italy.
HMS Campania was a passenger liner converted to a seaplane tender
HMS Campania was one of the British conversions to an escort carrier.
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 Encyclopedia: Venus (mythology)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On April 23, 215 BC, a temple was built outside the Colline gate on the Capitol dedicated to Venus to commemorate the Roman defeat at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
Heron (disambiguation) Genera Ardea Zebrilus Philherodias Tigrisoma Ardeola Bubulcus Egretta Agamia Butorides Tigriornis Tigrisoma Gorsachius Syrigma Zonerodius Nycticorax see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns.
Lavinium was an ancient Roman city of the Latium, said to have been named by Aeneas in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata.
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In the 5th century BC, the Samnites conquered it (and all the other towns of Campania); the new rulers imposed their architecture and enlarged the town.
Pompeii took part in the war that the towns of Campania initiated against Rome, but in 89BC it was besieged by Sulla.
Although the troops ofthe Social League, headed by Lucius Cluentius, helpedin resisting the Romans, in 80 BC Pompeia was forced to surrender after the conquest of Nola.
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 cars - HMS Campania
The first Campania, purchased in 1914, was a passenger liner converted to a seaplane tender.
The second Campania (D48) was an escort carrier launched in 1943.
She served in World War II and was broken up in 1955.
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 Naples -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Roman ruins of (Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius) Pompeii and (Ancient city; now destroyed) Herculaneum (destroyed in the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius) are also nearby.
Naples is the home of the underachieving soccer team (A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region) Napoli.
With the help of (Click link for more info and facts about Diego Maradona) Diego Maradona, they achieved rare success in 1987 by winning the (Click link for more info and facts about scudetto) scudetto.
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 Neapoli (disambiguation) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Neapoli,_Athens, (A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) Greece neighbourhood on the northwestern foot of the (Click link for more info and facts about Lycabettus) Lycabettus
The original greek name of (A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region) Naples, (A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD) Italy
The ancient name of the city of (Click link for more info and facts about Nablus) Nablus, found in the (An area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians) West Bank
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
'''Campania''' can mean: * Campania, a region of Italy.
* Campania, Tasmania Campania, a town in Tasmania, Australia.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Campania (disambiguation).
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Crossing over to Italy, he had seen something of the cities of Campania, and of the wonders of Rome.
From the Argonauts and the Lemnian women were descended the race called Minyae See Minyan (disambiguation) for other meanings of the term.
In Greek mythology and legendary prehistory of the Aegean region, the Minyans were a group among the original autochthonous inhabitants.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is a '''list of disambiguation pages or redirects with "(disambiguation)" in the title'''.
Links to these pages don't need :disambiguation disambiguation, as they are done exceptionally and on purpose.
:Links to disambiguating pages lists other disambiguation pages.
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 Naples
A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region.
Naples is a town located in Ontario County, New York.
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