Caprasia was an ancient town of

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, placed by the

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on the road from

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to Consentia (modern

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), at a distance of 28 miles from the latter city. (Itin. Ant. pp. 105, 110;

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) It is probably the modern

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(in the

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, Calabria,

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), on the left bank of the Crathis (modern

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), about the required distance from Cosenza.

References

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