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heraclea

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Her⋅a⋅cle⋅a

[her-uh-klee-uh]
–noun
an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.
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Her·a·cle·a   (hěr'ə-klē'ə)   
An ancient Greek city of southern Italy near the Gulf of Taranto. In 280 B.C. it was the site of one of Pyrrhus's victories over the Romans.
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