Editing Bari (section)

=== Ancient ===
Bari itself known in antiquity as ''Barium'', was a harbour of the [[Iapygians|Iapygian]] [[Peuceti]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |year=2012 |editor-first1=Simon |editor-last1=Hornblower |editor-first2=Antony |editor-last2=Spawforth |editor-first3=Esther |editor-last3=Eidinow |isbn=978-0-19-954556-8 |edition=4th |location=Oxford |oclc=959667246 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ |page=224}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis|last=Andriani|first=Luigi|year=2017|title=The syntax of the dialect of Bari|publisher=Homerton College - University of Cambridge|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/131382669.pdf}}</ref> The authors of the [[Etymologicum Magnum]] have preserved an etymology by authors of antiquity about ''Barium'', which they explain as the word "house" in [[Messapic language|Messapic]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matzinger |first1=Joachim |title=Messapisch |date=2019 |publisher=Reichert Verlag |isbn=9783954907205 |page=8}}</ref> The city had strong Greek influences before the Roman era.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bari-Italy|title = Bari &#124; Italy| date=15 October 2023 }}</ref> In [[ancient Greek]], it was known as ''Βάριον''. In the 3rd century BC, it became part of the [[Roman Republic]] and was subsequently Romanized. The city developed strategic significance as the point of junction between the coast road and the [[Via Traiana]] and as a port for eastward trade; a branch road to [[Taranto|Tarentum]] led from Barium. Its harbour, mentioned as early as 181 BC, was probably the principal one of the districts in ancient times, as it is at present, and was the centre of a fishery.<ref name="EB1911" /> The first historical bishop of [[Bishopric of Bari|Bari]] was [[Gervasius and Protasius|Gervasius]] who was noted at the [[Council of Sardica]] in 347.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SERDICA - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/serdica_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/serdica_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref>