Magna Graecia

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Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy and Sicily that were extensively colonized by ancient Greek settlers and became a major center of Hellenic culture in the Western Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek colonial region
historical region
capital none
country Italy
culture Greek culture
Hellenic culture
endTime 3rd century BCE
era Archaic Greece
Classical antiquity
floruit 6th century BCE
foundedBy Achaean Greeks
Dorian Greeks
linked to: Doric Greek

Greek colonists
Ionian Greeks
linked to: Greeks
hasHeritageStatus important archaeological region
hasNotableResident Archytas
Empedocles
Parmenides
Pythagoras
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Zeno of Elea
hasPart Akragas
Catana
Croton
Cumae
Gela
Himera
Locri Epizephyrii
Metapontum
Naxos (Sicily)
Neapolis
linked to: Naples

Poseidonia
linked to: Sybaris

Rhegion
Rhegium
Selinus
linked to: Himera

Sybaris
Syracuse
Tarentum
Zancle
influenced Latin literature
Roman culture
Roman religion
influencedBy Aegean Greek cities
mainland Greece
knownFor architecture
art
coinage
mathematics
philosophy
urban planning
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Sicily
Western Mediterranean
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
namedBy Romans
nameMeaning Great Greece
linked to: Magna Graecia
partOf Hellenic civilization
linked to: Greek Antiquity

ancient Greek world
religion Greek polytheism
ancient Greek religion
significantEvent Battle of Asculum
linked to: Battle of Heraclea

Battle of Beneventum
Battle of Heraclea
Pyrrhic War
Roman conquest of southern Italy
startTime 8th century BCE
todayPartlyLocatedIn Apulia
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
Sicily

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Ancient Greek religion practicedIn Magna Graecia
Romulus Augustulus residence Campania
linked to: Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia nameMeaning Great Greece
linked to: Magna Graecia
Apollo worshipRegion Magna Graecia
Presocratic philosophers hasLocation Magna Graecia
Orphic Mysteries practicedIn Magna Graecia
Parmenides regionOfActivity Magna Graecia
Archimedes birthPlace Magna Graecia
Pythagoras deathPlace Magna Graecia
Capua partOf Magna Graecia and surrounding Italic regions
linked to: Magna Graecia
Lucania partOf Magna Graecia
Bruttium partOf Magna Graecia
Bruttium cameUnderInfluenceOf Greek colonies of Magna Graecia
linked to: Magna Graecia
Aeschylus deathPlace Magna Graecia
Tarentum locatedIn Magna Graecia
Tarentum partOf Magna Graecia
Sybaris country Magna Graecia
Sybaris partOf Magna Graecia
Rhegion country Magna Graecia
Rhegion partOf Greater Greece
linked to: Magna Graecia
Roman conquest of southern Italy opponent Greek city-states of Magna Graecia
linked to: Magna Graecia
Croton locatedIn Magna Graecia
Rhegium locatedIn Magna Graecia
Rhegium partOf Magna Graecia
Cumae partOf Magna Graecia
Pyrrhic War hasLocation Magna Graecia
Locri Epizephyrii locatedIn Magna Graecia
Catana locatedIn Magna Graecia
Catana partOf Siceliote Greek cities
linked to: Magna Graecia
Battle of Heraclea historicalRegion Magna Graecia
Battle of Heraclea involvedPolities Greek cities of Magna Graecia
linked to: Magna Graecia
Zeno of Elea birthPlace Magna Graecia
Metapontum locatedIn Magna Graecia
Empedocles associatedWith Sicilian Greek culture
linked to: Magna Graecia
Gela locatedIn Magna Graecia
Gela partOf Magna Graecia
Apulia historicalRegion Magna Graecia
Akragas locatedIn Magna Graecia
Himera locatedInHistoricalRegion Magna Graecia
Himera borderedPoliticalSpheres Greek Sicily
linked to: Magna Graecia
Naxos (Sicily) partOf Magna Graecia
Archytas country Magna Graecia
Herodotus deathPlace Magna Graecia
Calabria historicalRegion Magna Graecia
Zancle locatedIn Magna Graecia