Thourioi was a city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf, within a short distance of the site of Sybaris, which it replaced.
It was founded nearly 70 years after the fall of Sybaris, which had remained desolate for a period of 58 years after its destruction by the Crotoniats.
In 452 BCE, a number of the Sybarite exiles and their descendants made an attempt to establish themselves again on the spot. They quickly found themselves at odds with neighbouring city-states, and were forced to ally with Rome.
In 282 BC, the Tarentines plundered the city - and this aggression was one of the immediate causes of the war declared by the Romans against Tarentum.
It was founded nearly 70 years after the fall of Sybaris, which had remained desolate for a period of 58 years after its destruction by the Crotoniats.
In 452 BCE, a number of the Sybarite exiles and their descendants made an attempt to establish themselves again on the spot. They quickly found themselves at odds with neighbouring city-states, and were forced to ally with Rome.
In 282 BC, the Tarentines plundered the city - and this aggression was one of the immediate causes of the war declared by the Romans against Tarentum.
Modern location: Ruins
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Thourioi
Obverse: head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla; E
Reverse: bull butting right; fish swimming right below; ΘOYPIΩN
Diameter:
21 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.7 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.7 g
No notes for this coin
HN Italy 1783; cf. SNG ANS 1015
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Thourioi
Obverse: head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla
Reverse: bull butting right; 2 fish right in exergue ΘOYPIΩN / EYΦA
Diameter:
29.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 15.5 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 15.5 g
No notes for this coin
SNG COP. 1430