Pandosia (

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: ) was an ancient town of

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, situated near Heraclea. It has often been confounded with Pandosia in Bruttium; but the distinct existence of a Lucanian town of the name is clearly established by two authorities.

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describes Pyrrhus as encamping in the plain between Pandosia and Heraclea, with the river Siris (modern Sinni) in front of him; and the celebrated '' Tabulae Heracleenses'' repeatedly refer to the existence of a town of the name in the immediate neighborhood of Heraclea. From these notices we may infer that it was situated at a very short distance from Heraclea, but apparently further inland; and its site has been fixed with some probability at a spot called Santa Maria d'Anglona, about 11 km from the sea, and 6.5 km from Heraclea. The medieval city of

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was a successor to Heraclea, and was an episcopal see down to a late period of the Middle Ages, but is now wholly deserted.Mazocchi, l. c. pp. 104, 105; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 265.

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* {{Magna Graecia Lucania Former populated places in Italy

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