Luna

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Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.

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Luna canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman town
archaeological site
connectedBy Roman roads
surface form: Roman road network of northern Italy

Via Aurelia
country Roman Empire
declinedDuring Late Antiquity
eventuallyAbandoned Middle Ages
excavatedBy Italian archaeologists
exported agricultural products
fish products
marble from nearby quarries
wine
foundedAfter defeat of the Liguri Apuani
foundedAs Latin colony
foundedBy Romans
foundedInYear 177 BC
hadInfrastructure aqueduct
city walls
hadPort harbor on the Tyrrhenian Sea
hadPublicBuilding amphitheatre
basilica
forum
hadStatus colonia
municipium
hadTempleDedicatedTo Selene
surface form: Luna (Roman moon goddess)
hasArchaeologicalRemains amphitheatre ruins
city walls and gates
forum remains
mosaics and inscriptions
knownFor fish sauce (garum)
marble trade
port activities
wine production
locatedIn Ligurian region
Northern Italy
surface form: northern Italy
locatedInPresentDay Italy
locatedInRegion Lunigiana
locatedNear Tyrrhenian Sea
mouth of the Magra River
locatedNearModernCity Sarzana
modernMunicipality Luni, Province of La Spezia
modernRegion Liguria
modernSiteName Luni
partOf Liguria
surface form: Regio IX Liguria
prosperedDuring early Empire
late Republic
religion Roman polytheism
servedAs commercial center for Liguria
urban center for Liguria
sufferedFrom harbor silting
marsh formation

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