Blanda

Blanda, ae. f.

• A maritime town in Lucania, now Maratea, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72 (in Liv. 24, 20, 5, Blandae, ārum).—
• II A small maritime town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Blanes, Mel. 2, 6, 5 (in Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22, Blandae, ārum).

Blanda, ae, f., u. Blandae, ārum, f., I) Stadt in Lukanien, in der Nähe des heutigen Fleckens S. Biasio, Mela 2, 4, 9 (2. § 69). Plin. 3, 72: Plur. b. Liv. 24, 20, 5. – II) kleine Küstenstadt der Lacetaner in Hispania Tarracon., in der Nähe des heutigen Fleckens Blanes, Mela 2, 6, 5 (2. § 90, wo Frick Blande liest). Plur. b. Plin. 3, 22.

Blanda, æ, f. , ¶ 1 ville de Lucanie : Mela 2, 69 ; -æ, ārum, Liv. 24, 20, 5 ¶ 2 ville de la Tarraconnaise : Mela 2, 90 || pl. -æ, ārum, Plin. 3, 22.

BLANDA

BLANDA(Βλάνδα), a city of Lucania, mentioned by Ptolemy among the inland towns of that province; but placed both by Pliny and Mela on or near the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The former writer includes it in Bruttium, but this seems to be a mistake: Livy, who mentions Blanda among the towns which had revolted to the Carthaginians, but were recovered by Fabius in B.C. 214, expressly calls it a Lucanian city. (Liv. 14.20; Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 10; Mel. 2.4; Ptol. 3.1.70.) The Tab. Peut. also places it on the road along the coast of Lucania: the adjoining names are corrupt; but if the distance from Cerilli may be depended upon, we may place Blanda at or near the modern Maratea, a small town on a hill about a mile from the Gulf of Policastro, where there are said to be some ancient remains. It is 12 miles SE. of Policastro(the ancient Buxentum), and 16 N. of the river Laus the frontier of Lucania. (Hlolsten. Not. in Cluver. p. 288; Romanelli, vol. 1. p. 379.)

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