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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Colonization of Sicily and Magna Graecia (c. 750–500 BCE)

Colonization of Sicily and Magna Graecia (c. 750–500 BCE)

  1. Euboeans establish Pithekoussai on Ischia

    Labels: Pithekoussai, Euboeans

  2. Cumae founded on the Campanian coast

    Labels: Cumae, Euboeans

  3. Naxos founded as first Greek colony in Sicily

    Labels: Naxos Sicily, Chalcidians

  4. Syracuse founded by Corinthian settlers

    Labels: Syracuse, Corinth

  5. Rhegium founded at the Strait of Messina

    Labels: Rhegium, Chalcidians

  6. Catana founded by Chalcidians

    Labels: Catana, Chalcidians

  7. Leontini founded inland from the Sicilian coast

    Labels: Leontini, Naxos

  8. Megara Hyblaea founded on Sicily’s east coast

    Labels: Megara Hyblaea, Megara

  9. Sybaris founded on the Gulf of Taranto

    Labels: Sybaris, Achaea

  10. Croton founded as an Achaean colony

    Labels: Croton, Achaea

  11. Taras (Tarentum) founded by Spartan settlers

    Labels: Taras, Sparta

  12. Gela founded by Rhodian and Cretan settlers

    Labels: Gela, Rhodes

  13. Locri Epizephyrii founded in Calabria

    Labels: Locri Epizephyrii, Locri

  14. Selinus founded as a Megarian outgrowth

    Labels: Selinus, Megara Hyblaea