Geography 6.3.1
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century BCE/ 1st century CE See all items with this value
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1st century BCE See all items with this value
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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Rome or Alexandria See all items with this value
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Geography 6.3.1
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μεταξὺ δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς καὶ τοῦ στόματος ἡ ἀκρόπολις μικρὰ λείψανα ἔχουσα τοῦ παλαιοῦ κόσμου τῶν ἀναθημάτων: τὰ γὰρ πολλὰ τὰ μὲν κατέφθειραν Καρχηδόνιοι λαβόντες τὴν πόλιν, τὰ δ᾽ ἐλαφυραγώγησαν Ῥωμαῖοι κρατήσαντες βιαίως: ὧν ἐστι καὶ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἐν τῷ Καπετωλίῳ χαλκοῦς κολοσσικός, Λυσίππου ἔργον, ἀνάθημα Μαξίμου Φαβίου τοῦ ἑλόντος τὴν πόλιν.
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Location: City See all items with this value
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Tarentum
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Statues
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Some statues that were taken by the Romans when they sacked Tarentum were a colossus of Hercules in bronze by Lysippus that was in the Capitol after being dedicated by Fabius Maximus who took the city
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A01021
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