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Sardinia
Sardinia was a large island west of Italy and south of the island of Corisca. According Apollodorus, Iolaus, nephew of Heracles, aided the Heraclid...
By Jimmy Joe
Lilybaeum
A coastal city in west Sicily. Historically, Lilybaeum (now Massala) was founded by the Carthaginians during the early fourth century BC. Lilybaeum...
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Eryx
A city in west Sicily, near Lilybaeum (modern Massala). Eryx was founded by Eryx, son of Butes and Aphrodite. Eryx's father (Butes) was a former Ar...
By Jimmy Joe
Messina
Messina was a Greek city in northeast Sicily. It was originally called Zankle and was founded in 730 BC by colonists from Chalcis. Its name was giv...
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Syracuse
Syracuse was one of the Greek cities in Sicily. The city was found by the Corinthians in 734 BC, located on the east coast, partly on the island of...
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Rhegion
Rhegion, or in Latin Rhegium, was an ancient city at the "toe" of Italy in the region called Calabria, but the city is now called Reggio. The Strai...
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Croton
Croton was a coastal city in Calabria, southern Italy. It was founded by Achaean Greeks around 710 BC. There is no myth regarding Croton, but Philo...
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Calabria
The peninsula in the south of Italy that looks like the foot of a boot. Historically, many of the Greek cities were founded in this region, includi...
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Brindisium (Brentesion)
The ancient Roman name for Brindisi, a modern coastal city on the Adriatic Sea. Formerly Brentesion in Greek, the city was renamed to Brindisium wh...
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Taras (Tarentum)
Taras was a city founded by Spartan colonists; it was the only important colony of Sparta outside of Greece during the great migration or colonisat...
By Jimmy Joe
Argyripa
Argyripa is ancient name for Arpi, a city in Apulia. A city found by the Argive hero, Diomedes, who had fought against the Trojans at Troy. Accordi...
By Jimmy Joe
Apulia
Apulia was a region that resembled the heel of a boot in Italy, now known as the Salentina (Salentine) peninsula, in southeast Italy. Apulia is now...
By Jimmy Joe
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