Establishment of Greek colonies in Sicily (8th–5th centuries BCE)

1. Naxos founded as first Greek colony

   Jan 1, 734 BCELabels: Naxos, Theocles

   • Britannica

2. Syracuse founded by Corinthian colonists

   Jan 1, 734 BCELabels: Syracuse, Corinth

   • Britannica
   • WHE

3. Zancle founded controlling Strait of Messina

   Jan 1, 730 BCELabels: Zancle, Strait of

   • Livius
   • EBSCO

4. Catana founded by settlers from Naxos

   Jan 1, 729 BCELabels: Catana, Naxos

   • Britannica

5. Leontini founded as inland Chalcidian colony

   Jan 1, 729 BCELabels: Leontini, Chalcidian

   • Columbia

6. Megara Hyblaea established north of Syracuse

   Jan 1, 728 BCELabels: Megara Hyblaea, Megara

   • Britannica

7. Gela founded by Rhodian and Cretan settlers

   Jan 1, 688 BCELabels: Gela, Rhodes

   • Britannica

8. Himera founded near Greek–Carthaginian frontier

   Jan 1, 648 BCELabels: Himera, Zancle

   • Britannica
   • Sicily Region

9. Selinus founded, pushing Greek presence westward

   Jan 1, 628 BCELabels: Selinus, Megara Hyblaea

   • WHE

10. Akragas founded from Gela as a major colony

    Jan 1, 582 BCELabels: Akragas, Gela

    • Brown Univ
    • Britannica

11. Greek victory at Himera checks Carthaginian expansion

    Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Battle of, Gelon

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

12. Ducetius builds a Sicel federation against Greek pressures

    Jan 1, 460 BCELabels: Ducetius, Siculi

    • Britannica

13. Ducetius defeated, limiting unified Sicel resistance

    Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Ducetius, Syracuse-Akragas

    • Britannica

14. Carthage destroys Himera, ending an early colony

    Jan 1, 409 BCELabels: Himera, Carthage

    • Britannica

15. Carthaginian campaigns culminate in Gela’s destruction

    Jan 1, 405 BCELabels: Gela, Carthage

    • Britannica