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Definition of Apulia

1. Noun. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic.

Definition of Apulia

1. Proper noun. A region of southern Italy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apulia

Literary usage of Apulia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"... Normans of Apulia were seated on the verge of the two &, «c ' empires ; and, according to the policy of the hour, they accepted the investiture of their ..."

2. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"NICOLA D'Apulia AND GIOVANNI PISANO NICOLA D'Apulia was the first great master of pronounced individuality, not only in Italy, but in all Europe, ..."

3. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"Apulia included the whole of the southeastern part of Italy, ... and was sometimes reckoned a part of Apulia ; but the Romans confined the name to the ..."

4. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"But his arts were baffled by- the sense and spirit of the conquerors of Apulia : his gifts, or at least his proposals, were rejected ; and they unanimously ..."

5. A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1850)
"In the reign of Augustus, however, the term Apulia was used in a much more extended sense, and included not only Daunia, but also the country of ..."

6. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith, Eugene Lawrence (1889)
"Apulia extended along the coast of the Adriatic from the ... CALABRIA formed the heel of Italy, lying south of Apulia, ..."

7. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The more lasting duchy of Apulia began later under the adventurers of ... Their first stage is marked by the foundation of the county of Apulia, CHAP. x. ..."

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