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Cosenza , city (1991 pop. 86,664), capital of Cosenza prov., Calabria, S Italy, at the confluence of the Busento and Crati rivers. It is an agricultural and secondary industrial center. Manufactures, produced mainly by individual artisans, include textiles and furniture. The chief city of the ancient Brutii, it was taken by the Romans in 204 BC According to tradition, Alaric I (c.AD 370-410), the Visigothic king, was buried in the bed of the Busento at Cosenza. The city has suffered from numerous earthquakes. A castle built by Emperor Frederick II dominates the old part of the city.

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Cosenza, Calabria/Italy Cosentia May be derived from an Oscan word related to the Latin consentire ‘to agree’. However, more likely, it comes from the Latin consentia ‘confluence’, a reference to its location on the junction of the Rivers Busento and Crati.

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