Lucania

Lucania was a historical region of southern Italy along the Apennine Mountains. It is bordered by Campania, Samnium and Iapygia to the north and Bruttium to the south.

Lucania was originally inhabited by the Oenotrians, an Archaic people of uncertain origin who also inhabited Bruttium. Greek colonizers began to settle the Lucanian coastline in the 8th Century BC, pushing the Oenotrians inland and making Lucania part of Magna Graecia. Finally, the Sabellic Lucani migrated southward into the area in the 5th Century BC, assimilating the formerly Oenotrian territory. The Romans conquered the area in 272 BC after the invasion of Pyrrhus of Epirus, and the area was later hotly contested between Rome and Hannibal during the Second Punic War.

Factions

 * Lucani
 * Sybaris (replaced by Thurii in the Pyrrhus Campaign, though all their cities start off as occupied by Rome)
 * Taras

Cities

 * Paistos
 * Elea
 * Potentia
 * Pyxous
 * Garaguso
 * Grumentum
 * Nerulum
 * Laos
 * Sybaris (Renamed to Thurii in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Amendolara (Renamed to Lagaria in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Polieum (Renamed to Heraclea in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Metapontum