Proper noun
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Magna Graecia
The coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers
Pythagoras is not believed to have invented the doctrine nor have imported it from Egypt. Instead he made his reputation by bringing the Orphic doctrine from North-Eastern Hellas to Magna Graecia, and creating societies for its diffusion. Source: Internet
Back then, 2,500 years ago, Poseidonia was one of the most important sanctuaries in Magna Graecia (today's southern Italy). Source: Internet
Pyth. 54–57; Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 39; comp. Plutarch, de Gen. Socr. p. 583 Similar commotions ensued in the other cities of Magna Graecia in which Pythagorean clubs had been formed. Source: Internet
However, it is certain that the political structure of the Etruscan culture was similar to, albeit more aristocratic than, Magna Graecia in the south. Source: Internet
His legislation was extended to the other Chalcidic cities, not only of Sicily, but of Magna Graecia also, as well as to his own country. Source: Internet
In the sixth century BC, after the decline of Parthenope, the new urban zone of Neápolis (Νεάπολις) was founded on the plain, eventually becoming one of the foremost cities of Magna Graecia. Source: Internet