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Lucania| Ancient division of southern Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Tarentum, separated from Campania by the River Silarus in the north and from Bruttium by the River Laus in the south. In 278 the Lucanians sided with Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, against Rome, but were finally subdued by the Romans 272 BC. |
| Sybaris, Heraclea, Thurii, and Paestum were the chief cities. Together with Bruttium, Lucania formed the third Augustan regio (administrative district) of Italy. |
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