Alezio is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. Alezio was a centre of the Messapi, who would ca…Alezio is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. Alezio was a centre of the Messapi, who would call it Alytia like their former capital in Acarnania. According to Pliny the Elder, the Aletines descended instead from the Iapyges, who descended by the Oscans. It is mentioned as Baletium in the Peutingerian Table. It was a stop on the Via Traiana, who connected ancient Apulia to Rome.
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