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Map of Italy

Below is a map of Italy, Sicily and the surrounding areas. The map contains links to specific articles. Click on a name of a region or a city on the map, and it will take you to an article with information about that region or city. All articles on Italy and Italian cities can be found in the Italy page.

Map of Italy and Sicily

Liguria Massalia Etruria Tarquinia Latium Rome Ardea Campania Cumae Naples Capua Samnium Apulia Argyripa Taras (Tarentum) Brindisium Calabria Croton Rhegium Messina Syracuse Eryx Sardinia Corsica Carthage
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Italy

Articles of cities and regions in Italy, Sicily and western Europe. Italy Sicily To see the map of Italy, click here.Italy Geographically, Italy, or Italia, referred to the Italian peninsula, which included the Apennines (Apennine Ranges) that ext...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Map of Aegean

Map of Aegean

Below is a map of Greece, the Aegean islands and Asia Minor. The map contains links to specific articles. Click on a name of a region or a city on the map, and it will take you to an article with information about that region or city.

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Map of Argolis

Map of Argolis

Below is a map of Argolis or Argoloid and the surrounding regions - Isthmia, Sicyonia, Achaea and Arcadia. Click on a name of a region or a city, on the map, and it will take you to an article with information about that region or city.

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Geographia

Geographia

Geographia is a section of Timeless Myths containing maps and information about the regions and cities mentioned in Greek mythology. Here you may find some more myths associated with a city or region, such as their rulers and founders. There are s...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Campania

Campania

Campania was a region southeast of Latium. Many different cities were built in this region. The Etruscans founded Capua. Several Greek cities were founded, including Cumae and Naples. Cumae Capua Naples (Neapolis)

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Calabria

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, including Croton and Rhegion. Not much myth in this region. Perhaps the most notable was that Heracles trav...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is a large island west of Italy, and north of the island of Sardinia. The Ligurian Sea on the north and Tyrrhenian Sea on the west encompassed the island. As far as I can tell, there were no myths regarding this island.

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Apulia

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 called Puglia. It was also called Iapygia, after the Iapyges. A number of Greek cities were founded...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Liguria

Liguria

Liguria is a coastal region of northwest Italy, the principal city being Genoa, which was a small town called Genua in ancient times. As far as I can tell, there were no ancient myths or legends involving Genoa. However, ancient Liguria extended b...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Were Romans Italians: What Are Their Real Connections?

Were Romans Italians: What Are Their Real Connections?

Were Romans Italians? Yes, as the Romans came from the Italian Peninsula—that is if the geographical location of the land they inhabited was the only factor to consider. However, many factors must be taken into account when it comes to one’s ethni...

April 27th, 2022 • Timeless Myths
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