Lucania

ancient district of southern Italy

7 dated entries naming Lucania, drawn from 7 separate years between 299 BCE and 542 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century BC

299 BCEThe Samnites invade Lucania after the latter refuses to join them in alliance. The Lucanians suffer several defeats and lose multiple towns.source
216 BCEFollowing Hannibal's victory, many regions begin to defect from Rome, while others are conquered by Hannibal's forces. In Apulia, Lucania, Samnium and in Bruttium, Hannibal finds many supporters.source

1st century BC

40 BCESextus Pompey dispatches Menas with four legions and captures Sardinia, driving out Octavian's governor Marcus Lurius. He seizes the capital, Caralis and occupies Corsica. Sextus besieges Cosenza in Bruttium and Thurii in Lucania, ravaging the territory with his cavalry.source

4th century

305Maximian retires from office, and leaves for Campania or Lucania (southern Italy), to live a life of ease in his luxury villas.source

5th century

413May 8 – Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.source
461November 19 – Libius Severus, Roman senator from Lucania, is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire.source

6th century

542March – Totila bypasses Rome and begins his expedition in Southern Italy. He captures Beneventum and receives the submission of the provinces of Apulia, Lucania and Bruttium.source