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CAULON (Gr. KavXo,via)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 557 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CAULON (Gr. KavXo,via)

CAULON (Gr. KavXo,via) ,•a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

BRUTTII

Bruttii, See also:

Italy, on the See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. Its exact site is uncertain (though the name has been given to a See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

VILLAGE

village), and depends on the See also:

IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of the See also:

RIVER

river Sagras. It was the southernmost of the Achaean colonies, founded either by Croton or See also:

DIRECT

direct from See also:

GREECE

Greece itself. In the 7th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it was allied with Croton and See also:

SYBARIS

Sybaris, and its coins, which go back to 550 B.C., prove its importance. It took the See also:

side of See also:

Athens in the Peloponnesian See also:

War. In 388 B.C. it was destroyed by See also:

Dionysius, but soon after-wards restored. It was captured during the invasion of See also:

PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus by Campanian troops. See also:

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo speaks of it as deserted in his See also:

time. The erection of the lighthouse at See also:

CAPO

Capo Stilo, on the site of one of the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval guard towers of the coast, led to the See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery of a See also:

wall of See also:

Greek origin, and See also:

close by of a number of terra-cottas, belonging perhaps to a See also:

temple erected in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the deities of the See also:

sea. Other remains were found at Fontanelle, 21 111. away, including the fragment of a See also:

capital of an archaic Greek temple (P. Orsi in Nolizie degli Scavi, 1891, 61).

These buildings may be connected with the Caulon or a village dependent on it. (T.

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