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ARPI (Gr. 'ApybpLaaa)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 641 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARPI (Gr. 'ApybpLaaa) , an See also:ancient See also:city of. See also:Apulia, 20 M. W. of the See also:sea See also:coast, and 5 M. N. of the See also:modern See also:Foggia. The See also:legend attributes its See also:foundation to See also:Diomedes, and the figure of a See also:horse, which appears on its coins, shows the importance of horse-breeding in See also:early times in the See also:district. Its territory extended to the sea, and See also:Strabo says that from the extent of the city walls one could gather that it had once been one of the greatest cities of See also:Italy. As a See also:protection against the See also:Samnites Arpi became an ally of See also:Rome, and remained faithful until after the See also:battle of See also:Cannae, but See also:Fabius captured it in 213 B.C., and it never recovered its former importance. It See also:lay on a by-road from Luceria to Sipontum. No See also:Roman See also:inscriptions have, indeed, been found here, and remains of antiquity are scanty. Foggia is its See also:medieval representative. (T.

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