BUXENTUM, (Livy, Velleius, Ptolemy, Mela, Pliny); PRXUS, (Strabo, Pliny); a town of Lucania, first built by the people of Messana, but afterwards deserted, (Strabo). A Roman colony was sent thither, (Livy, Velleius): and when found still thin of inhabitants, a new colony was sent by a decree of the senate. Its name is from buxus, the box-tree, growing plentifully there. Strabo says, the name Prxus includes a promontory, port, and river, under one. Now Pulcastro, in the Hither Principato of Naples. E. Long. 15. 40. N. Lat. 40. 20.