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unusual facts about Greek colonies



Boris Farmakovsky

Boris Farmakovsky (1870, Vyatka — July 29, 1928 near Leningrad) was a Russian archaeologist, who began professional excavations of the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in Ukraine.


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Bacchanalia

200 BC via the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and from Etruria, Rome's northern neighbour.

Battle of Heraclea

In 282 BC, after a battle against the Samnites, Lucanians, Bruttians and Thurii, Roman troops entered the Italian Greek colonies of Croton, Lokroi, and Rhegium.

Greeks in Italy

In this same time, Greek colonies were established in places as widely separated as the eastern coast of the Black Sea and Massalia (Marseille).

Hasdrubal the Fair

This treaty was caused by the fear of two important Greek colonies, Ampurias and Sagunto, before the continuous growth of Punic power in Iberia, who asked for help to Rome.

History of the Constitution of the Roman Kingdom

These Greek constitutional principles probably came to Rome through the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy.

Southern Italy

Also during this period, Greek colonies were established in places as widely separated as the eastern coast of the Black Sea, Eastern Libya and Massalia (Marseille).