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Velia was the Roman name of an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located near the modern village of Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy.
View of the excavations and the tower at Velia
View of the excavations and the tower at Velia
The Porta Rosa, of sandstone blocks, is a rare exemplar of a Greek arch, circa 4th century BC
The Porta Rosa, of sandstone blocks, is a rare exemplar of a Greek arch, circa 4th century BC
Roman baths
Roman baths
The Porta Rosa road was the main street of Elea, circa 4th-3rd centuries BC
The Porta Rosa road was the main street of Elea, circa 4th-3rd centuries BC
Phocaea
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Phocaea or Phokaia was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia in 600 BC, Emporion in 575 BC and Elea in 540 BC.
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…on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located near the modern village of Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy. It was founded by Greeks from Phocaea as Hyele (Ancient Greek: Ὑέλη) around 538–535 BCE, which one scholar has suggested may be a feminine form of ὕελος "glass", an Ionic form of the usual…
The theatre of Phocaea
The theatre of Phocaea
Stater coin from Phocaea with Griffin head; Circa 580 BC[citation needed]
Stater coin from Phocaea with Griffin head; Circa 580 BC[citation needed]
Coinage of Phokaia, Ionia, c. 478–387 BC. Possible portrait of Satrap Tissaphernes, with satrapal headress
Coinage of Phokaia, Ionia, c. 478–387 BC. Possible portrait of Satrap Tissaphernes, with satrapal headress
Electrum coinage of Phocaea, 340–335 BC
Electrum coinage of Phocaea, 340–335 BC