Cumae

Cumae

Κύμη / Κύμαι / Κύμα Cuma
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Location	Cuma, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
Region	Magna Graecia
Coordinates	40°50′55″N 14°3′13″E / 40.84861°N 14.05361°E / 40.84861; 14.05361
Type	Settlement
History
Builder	Colonists from Euboea
Founded	8th century BC
Abandoned	1207 AD
Periods	Archaic Greek to High Medieval
Associated with	Cumaean Sibyl, Gaius Blossius
Events	Battle of Cumae
Site notes
Management	Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici della Campania
Website	Sito Archeologico di Cuma (in Italian)

Cumae (Ancient Greek: Κύμη, romanized: (Kumē) or Κύμαι (Kumai) or Κύμα (Kuma);^[1] Italian: Cuma) was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BC. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune Bacoli and Pozzuoli in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

The archaeological museum of the Campi Flegrei in the Aragonese castle contains many finds from Cumae.