Historical place profile
Laino
Laino is located near Cosenza, Italy. According to PECS, the ancient situation should be understood in terms of the two present-day communities, namely Laino Castello and Laino Borgo, located in the valley of the Laos River. Here, there is archaeological evidence for an indigenous necropolis in the Early Iron Age and then connections with Greek colonies, including Sybaris, through the Hellenistic period.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:452357
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:452357
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 39.944912, 15.975150
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Laino is located near Cosenza, Italy. According to PECS, the ancient situation should be understood in terms of the two present-day communities, namely Laino Castello and Laino Borgo, located in the valley of the Laos River. Here, there is archaeological evidence for an indigenous necropolis in the Early Iron Age and then connections with Greek colonies, including Sybaris, through the Hellenistic period.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 46 C2 Laino
Source and reuse
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Research path
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