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TIL that the largest city in the ancient mediterranean was a Greek colony called Sybaris which held up to 300,000 inhabitants, the city was destroyed in 510 BC and was lost to history until its ru... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that the largest city in the ancient mediterranean was a Greek colony called Sybaris which held up to 300,000 inhabitants, the city was destroyed in 510 BC and was lost to history until its ruins were rediscovered in 1932.

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