Agathocles of Syracuse (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/Agathocles_of_Syracuse/ #History #AgathoclesofSyracuse #MagnaGraecia #Sicily

Metapontum, located on the southern coast of Basilicata, Italy, was an Achaean colony founded in the late 8th century BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Metapontum/ #History #MagnaGraecia #Metapontum #Tarentum

Segesta (or Egesta), located in the north-west corner of Sicily, was an important trading town from the 7th century BCE onwards. https://www.worldhistory.org/Segesta/ #History #Alcibiades #MagnaGraecia #PeloponnesianWar

Moneta coniata a Metaponto, datata 500/470 AC #magnagraecia

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The Ancient Theater of Syracuse (Sicily) was one of the largest Greek theaters of antiquity.
It was built in the 5th century BC, during the reign of Hieron I, (478 - 466 BC), by the Greek architect Demokopos Myrillos
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Ivory appliqué of a #Satyr, 200–100 BCE, Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek)

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Ivory appliqué of a #Satyr, 200–100 BCE, Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek)

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A diaspora is a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved from their original homelands to another country. In terms of ethnicity, they share a common language, worldviews, myths, religious concepts and rituals, social customs, and food. The Greek term dia speiro ("to sow over" or "to scatter about") indicates a transplanting of a culture from one area to an...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1942/diasporic-communities-in-the-mediterranean--beyond/ #ArmenianGenocide #BronzeAgeCollapse #MagnaGraecia

Segesta (or Egesta), located in the north-west corner of Sicily, was an important trading town from the 7th century BCE onwards. Situated on the strategically advantageous slopes of Mt. Barbaro, yet still close enough to the coast to support a trading port, Segesta established itself as the most important regional town of the Elymi people. Flourishing in the 5th century BCE, Segesta continued t...https://www.worldhistory.org/Segesta/ #Alcibiades #MagnaGraecia #PeloponnesianWar