Magna Graecia is a term applied to the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy that are now the Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily. Beginning in the 8th Century BCE these regions were colonized by Greek settlers from cities such as Athens, Corinth, and Euboea, as well as others. The colonies quickly developed their own culture based on their Greek roots many aspects of which were adopted by neighboring civilizations like the Etruscans. Most of the cities were independent aristocracies like the cities that founded them. This independence came to end in 205 BCE, during the Second Punic War, when the entire area was annexed by Rome.
Magna Graecia included what are now the modern cities of of some of Naples (Neapolis), Syracuse (Syrakousai), Agrigento (Akragas). Taranto (Taras), Reggio Calabria (Rhegion), Crotone (Kroton), and Sibari (Sybaris).
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MoreMagna Graecia is a term applied to the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy that are now the Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily. Beginning in the 8th Century BCE these regions were colonized by Greek settlers from cities such as Athens, Corinth, and Euboea, as well as others. The colonies quickly developed their own culture based on their Greek roots many aspects of which were adopted by neighboring civilizations like the Etruscans. Most of the cities were independent aristocracies like the cities that founded them. This independence came to end in 205 BCE, during the Second Punic War, when the entire area was annexed by Rome.
Magna Graecia included what are now the modern cities of of some of Naples (Neapolis), Syracuse (Syrakousai), Agrigento (Akragas). Taranto (Taras), Reggio Calabria (Rhegion), Crotone (Kroton), and Sibari (Sybaris).
Subject ID: 192193
Subject ID: 192193