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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Although the etymology of Urceopolis is clear - an {{wp|Greek language|Istroyan}} origin term for "city of the [[Urce River]]", historians - both contemporary and since antiquity - have debated the precise source of an Istroyan term to describe a city established by [[Latinic people]]. The ancient Levantine myth of the [[Latin_Heroic_Age#Journey_of_the_Fifty|Journey of the Fifty]] - which reached its final, canonical form in around 150 BC - ascribes the source of the name to the city being founded by demigods originating in [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|ancient Istroya]]. Although this story is entirely mythical, many contemporary historians believe that it served two functions, with the first being to explain the Istroyan etymology for the city, and with the second passing on actual, distorted oral tradition about the discovery of the city by Istroyan-speaking explorers in the service of the [[Adonerum|Adonerii league]]. The Istroyan explorer theory was heavily contested by scholars during the 20th century, but has come to be largely accepted by consensus in the 21st century. In Latin, the city came to be known as ''Colonia Urceopolitania'' before and during the early period of [[Great Levantia]], with ''Urceopolitania'' becoming the more common term during the high and late periods of Great Levantia. This term came to its current form in [[Julian Ænglish]] through [[Lebhan]]. The official Latin name for the city remains ''Civitas Urceopolitania''. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Ancient History=== | ===Ancient History=== | ||