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Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy
Syracuse, SicilyIn 733 BC, a group of colonists from the Greek city-state of Corinth landed on the island of Ortygia. Their leader was Archias, who expelled the Sicels, the…
TarantoIn 706 BC, a group of men known as the Partheniae arrived in Apulia to establish a new city. These founders were not typical Spartan citizens.
Ostia AnticaThe name Ostia derives from the Latin word for mouth, marking the spot where the Tiber River meets the sea. Legend places its founding in the 7th century BC…
RavennaThe Umbri people settled the marshy islands of what is now Ravenna by the 5th century BC. These early inhabitants built houses on wooden piles within a…