What is "lucania"

Lucania (Greek: Λευκανία, Leukania) was an ancient district of Southern Italy, extending from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. To the north it adjoined Campania, Samnium and Apulia, and to the south it was separated by a narrow isthmus from the district of Bruttium. It thus comprised almost all the modern region of the Basilicata, with the greater part of the province of Salerno (the so-called Cilento) and a portion of that of Cosenza. The precise limits were the river Silarus on the north-west, which separated it from Campania, and the Bradanus, which flows into the Gulf of Tarentum, on the north-east; while the two little rivers Laus and Crathis, flowing from the ridge of the Apennines to the sea on the west and east, marked the limits of the district on the side of the Bruttii.

Lucania may refer to:

• Lucania, an ancient district of southern Italy.
• RMS Lucania, an ocean liner operated by Cunard 1893–1909.
• Mount Lucania in Canada.
• Lucania (genus), a genus of freshwater fish in the family Fundulidae.

Lucania is a genus of North American ray-finned killifishes in the family Fundulidae. It can be found in northeastern Mexico and the southeastern and eastern parts of the United States, with Lucania parva ranging as far north as Massachusetts. Adult specimens of this genus range from in length. All species are oviparous and can live in fresh water, though L. parva - in spite of its name 'rainwater killifish' - is more typically a coastal fish found in salt or beackish water. L. goodei and L. parva are sometimes kept in aquariums, where they are considered hardy, adaptable aquarium residents.

Lucania was a Byzantine province ( theme) in southern Italy that was probably established c. 968, under Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas. It was situated between the two older Byzantine provinces of Longobardia in the east and Calabria in the west, and was formed to encompass the areas in the mostly Lombard-populated theme of Longobardia where Byzantine Greeks from Calabria had settled in the early 10th century (the regions of Latinianon, Lagonegro and Mercurion). Tursi was chosen as the theme's capital and also as the seat of a new metropolitan bishopric to encompass the province. The theme of Lucania was probably under the overall authority of the Catepan of Italy at Bari.

The province corresponds roughly to the modern Italian region of Basilicata.