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MANDURIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 566 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANDURIA , a See also:

city of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, from which it is 27 M. W. by road (22 m. E. of See also:Taranto), 270 ft. above See also:sea-level, and 8 m. N. of the See also:coast. Pop. (1901), 12,199 (See also:town); 13,190 (See also:commune). It is See also:close to the site of the See also:ancient Manduria, considerable remains of the defences of which can still be seen; they consisted of a See also:double See also:line of See also:wall built of rectangular blocks of See also:stone, without See also:mortar, and with a broad ditch in front. Some tombs with See also:gold ornaments were found in 1886 (L. See also:Viola in Notizie degli Scavi, 1886, See also:loo). It was an important stronghold of the See also:Messapii against See also:Tarentum, and Archidamus III., See also:king of See also:Sparta, See also:fell beneath its walls in 338 B.C., while leading the See also:army of the latter (Plut., See also:Agis, 3, calls the See also:place Mandonion: see s.v. ARCHIDAMUS). It revolted to See also:Hannibal, but was stormed by the See also:Romans in 209 B.C.

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Pliny mentions a See also:spring here which never changed its level, and may still be seen. The town was destroyed by the See also:Saracens in the loth See also:century; the inhabitants settled themselves on the site of the See also:present town, at first called Casalnuovo, which resumed the old name in 1700. (T.

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