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Greek colonization of Magna Graecia (8th–5th centuries BCE)

Greek colonization of Magna Graecia (8th–5th centuries BCE)

  1. Dionysius I destroys Naxos, marking a late turning point

    Labels: Dionysius I, Naxos Sicily

  2. Carthaginian campaigns intensify pressure on Greek Sicily

    Labels: Carthage, Himera

  3. Poseidonia (Paestum) founded on Italy’s west coast

    Labels: Poseidonia, Paestum temples

  4. Locri Epizephyrii founded in southern Calabria

    Labels: Locri Epizephyrii, Zaleucus

  5. Taras (Tarentum) founded as a Spartan colony

    Labels: Taras, Sparta

  6. Croton founded as an Achaean colony

    Labels: Croton, Achaea

  7. Sybaris founded on the Gulf of Taranto

    Labels: Sybaris

  8. Greek settlement spreads to the Strait of Messina

    Labels: Zancle, Strait of

  9. Naxos founded as first Greek colony in Sicily

    Labels: Naxos Sicily, Chalcidians

  10. Syracuse founded by Corinthians on Ortygia

    Labels: Syracuse, Corinth

  11. Cumae founded as a mainland base in Campania

    Labels: Cumae

  12. Euboean traders establish Pithekoussai on Ischia

    Labels: Pithekoussai, Euboea