Scidrus

Scidrus

Scidrus (a. Geogr.), Ort in Bruttium (Unteritalien); nach ihm zog ein Theil der Sybariten nach der Zerstörung ihrer Stadt.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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