ABSTRACT
The growth of the extramural cult places in Lucania during the fourth century BC must be framed within the standardization of a territorial organization centered on a fortified settlement of "urban" nature, surrounded by a parceled chora dotted with rural establishments and single-family farms. There are some major exceptions to the epichoric nature of the Lucanian sanctuaries. If the importance of Rossano for the Lucanian communities is well known in scholarly literature, the new datum that emerges from the analysis proposed in this work is the role played by the sanctuary of Timmari. The trajectories taken by the history of the Lucanian sanctuaries after the Hannibalic War, and the consequences of this event for the local communities and their relationship with Rome, help shed light on the social implications of the Roman conquest. The importance of the sanctuary of Rossano was primarily due to its favorable geographical position, in close connection to the main communication routes of Lucania and Apulia.
