Venusia (city)
Venusia , today Venosa , was an ancient city in Basilicata (southern Italy). It was near Heraclea (later Anglona ), not far from the Gulf of Taranto .
291 BC Venusia was conquered by Rome and became the most populous colony (20,000 settlers). Here suffered in the year 209/08 BC BC the army of the Roman proconsul Marcus Claudius Marcellus a defeat against Hannibal . Also found nearby in 280 BC. The Battle of Heraclea took place, at which King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Roman consul Laevinus.
sons and daughters of the town
- Horace (65 BC – 8 BC), Roman poet