Magna Graecia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek colonists beginning in the eighth century BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1113
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- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (unspecified date range)
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- Magna Graecia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς (Megálē Hellás: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Caulonia part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Emporion part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Medma part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Metapontum part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Metaurum part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Mustiae part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Pithekoussai (settlement) part of (regional) Magna Graecia (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Pyxous/Buxentum (settlement) part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Sybaris/Thurii/Copia part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Taras/Tarentum/Neptunia connection Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Terina? part of (regional) Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
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- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 G3 Magna Graecia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: ITL
Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and R. Scott Smith, 'Magna Graecia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1113> [accessed: 08 February 2026]
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