Magna Graecia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, 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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Feb 06, 2025 11:02 AM
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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.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1113
39.7174784349, 16.4931148975
- 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 connection Magna Graecia (unspecified date range)
- Mustiae 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)
region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 G3 Magna Graecia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: ITL
R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, 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: 09 April 2025]
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