Capo Colonna, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 27 relations: Antiochus III the Great, Bishop, Calabria, Cape (geography), Capo Colonne Lighthouse, Colonia (Roman), Crotone, Doric order, Duumviri, Hera, Ionian Sea, Italy, Juno (mythology), Laconicum, Livy, Magna Graecia, Mansio, Opus incertum, Opus reticulatum, Second Punic War, Sextus Pompey, Statio, Sulla, Tablinum, Tabula Peutingeriana, Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone), Triumvirate (ancient Rome).

2. Crotone
3. Headlands of Italy
4. Landforms of Calabria
5. Temples in Magna Graecia

Antiochus III the Great

Antiochus III the Great (Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας; 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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Calabria

Calabria is a region in southern Italy.

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Cape (geography)

In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea.

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Capo Colonne Lighthouse

Capo Colonne Lighthouse (Faro di Capo Colonne) is situated on the extremity of the Promunturium Lacinium, nearby the single column of the Greek temple elevated in honour of Hera Lacinia, at from Crotone on the Ionian Sea.

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Colonia (Roman)

A Roman colonia (coloniae) was originally a settlement of Roman citizens, establishing a Roman outpost in federated or conquered territory, for the purpose of securing it.

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Crotone

Crotone (Cutrone or Cutruni) is a city and comune in Calabria, Italy.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Duumviri

The duumviri (Latin for 'two men'), originally duoviri and also known in English as the duumvirs, were any of various joint magistrates of ancient Rome.

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Hera

In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

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Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea (Iónio Pélagos,; Mar Ionio or Mar Jonio,; Deti Jon) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.

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Laconicum

The laconicum (i.e. Spartan, sc. balneum, "bath") was the dry sweating room of the Roman thermae, sometimes contiguous to the caldarium or hot room.

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Livy

Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.

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Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.

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Mansio

In the Roman Empire, a mansio (from the Latin word mansus, the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay") was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, maintained by the central government for the use of officials and those on official business whilst travelling.

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Opus incertum

Opus incertum ("irregular work") was an ancient Roman construction technique, using irregularly shaped and randomly placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of opus caementicium.

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Opus reticulatum

Opus reticulatum (also known as reticulate work) is a facing used for concrete walls in Roman architecture from about the first century BCE to the early first century CE.

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Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC.

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Sextus Pompey

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.

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Statio

A statio (Latin for "position" or "location") is the place where, in the Roman Rite, a devotion to the stations of the Cross is celebrated.

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Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.

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Tablinum

In Roman architecture, a tablinum (or tabulinum, from tabula, board, picture) was a room generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window or only an anteroom or curtain.

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Tabula Peutingeriana

Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire.

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Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)

The Temple of Juno Lacinia (as a Roman goddess, originally Hera Lacinia) is a ruined ancient Greek temple at the heart of a sanctuary dedicated to Hera located on Capo Colonna in Calabria, Italy, near Crotone (ancient Kroton). Capo Colonna and temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone) are Crotone and temples in Magna Graecia.

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Triumvirate (ancient Rome)

In the Roman Republic, triumviri or tresviri were special commissions of three men appointed for specific administrative tasks apart from the regular duties of Roman magistrates.

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See also

Crotone

• 1638 Calabrian earthquakes
• Capo Colonna
• Crotone
• Crotone Airport
• FC Crotone
• Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)

Headlands of Italy

• Cape Carbonara
• Cape Miseno
• Cape Palinuro
• Capo Colonna
• Capo Mannu
• Capo Passero
• Capo Vaticano
• Capo d'Otranto
• Faro Point
• L'Isuledda
• Mount Circeo
• Punta Manara
• Punta Pesce Spada
• Punta Pezzo
• Punta Stilo
• Punta di Pellaro
• Sirmio

Landforms of Calabria

• Capo Colonna
• Capo Vaticano
• Gulf of Saint Euphemia
• Gulf of Squillace
• La Sila
• Passo della Limina
• Punta Pezzo
• Punta Stilo
• Punta di Pellaro
• Romito Cave
• Strait of Messina
• Straits of Messina
• Tyrrhenian Sea

Temples in Magna Graecia

• Capo Colonna
• First Temple of Hera (Paestum)
• Heraion at Foce del Sele
• Second Temple of Hera (Paestum)
• Tavole Palatine
• Temple C (Selinus)
• Temple E (Selinus)
• Temple F (Selinus)
• Temple of Apollo (Syracuse)
• Temple of Athena (Paestum)
• Temple of Athena (Syracuse)
• Temple of Concordia, Agrigento
• Temple of Hera, Agrigento
• Temple of Heracles, Agrigento
• Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)
• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Agrigento
• Temple of Poseidon (Taranto)
• Temple of Victory (Himera)
• Valle dei Templi

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo_Colonna

Also known as Cap Colonne, Capo della Colonne, Capo delle Colonne, Lacinium, Promunturium Lacinium, Λακίνιον ἄκρον.