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Built by the emperor Hadrian between 121 and 141 AD, the temple was a towering structure of white marble with a roof adorned with gilded bronze tiles that contained two chambers housing colossal ...

The city of Crotone, a historic jewel of Magna Graecia, is embracing its Greek heritage with the addition of a new, imposing ...

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A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, by William Smith (New York, 1871), in 1055 pdf pages, revised with corrections and additions by Charles ...