Italia (region)

region · 750 BC – 330 BC

That portion of the Toe of Italy lying to the south of the Terina/Scylletium isthmus as known to the Greeks in the 5th century BCE. Thus called after the Itali who inhabited it at that time.

Coordinates

38.39320, 16.19801

Also known as

Italia, Italía (grc), Italía, Italia (grc), Ἰταλία (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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