Magna Graecia facts for kids

Starting Greek colonies and regions of ancient Italy and Sicily      NW Greek      Achaean      Doric      Ionian

Magna Graecia is a name for coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Gulf of Taranto. This part of Italy had many Greek settlers. Magna Graecia is Latin and means "Great Greece".

The settlers began arriving in the 8th century BC. After the Pyrrhic War in the 3rd century BC the area was added into the Roman Republic.

Images for kids

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  Greek temples of Paestum, Campania

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  Mosaic from Caulonia, Calabria

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  Temple of Hera in Metaponto, Basilicata

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  The Temple of Concordia, Akragas, Sicily

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  Milo of Croton

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  Archimedes of Syracuse

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  Archytas of Tarentum

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  5th century BC Greek coins of Tarentum

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  The goddess Nike riding on a two-horse chariot, Apulian patera (tray), 4th century BC.

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  Head-Kantharos of a Female Faun or Io, red-figure pottery, South Italy, 375-350 BC

See also

In Spanish: Magna Grecia para niños