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Magna Graecia (Megalē Hellas) refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy which were colonized by various Greek city-states from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE. Later writers such as Strabo also included Sicily and eventually the term came to signify the whole Greek world.
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Sunrise, F. P. A. (2013, February 10). Magna Graecia. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1058/
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