 It is located near the modern Fasano, in Salento, the southern part of Puglia (Apulia) region in southern Italy.The first settlement known in the place dates from the Bronze Age (15th century BC).In the 11th century BC it was invaded by the Iapyges, while the Messapic (another Iapyyg tribe) era of the town (as well as for the whole Salento) began in the 8th century BC, to end in the 3rd century BC, with the Roman conquest.