Taras magna graecia5/15/2023 Classical period of ancient Greece 510 to 323 B.C. What did the Greeks think about Delphi? It was the middle of the entire earth. Phaedriades A semicircular spur in Delphi that overlooks the Pleistos Valley. What sites does Delphi include? Sanctuary of Apollo Phaedriades Pleistos Valley Sanctuary of Apollo The site of the Oracle of Delphi. Where was the capital of the Byzantine Empire? Constantinople What was Constantinople originally founded as? Byzantium What modern-day city stands over Constantinople? Istanbul What is true about the Byzantine Empire? It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D., and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to Ottoman Turks in 1453. Byzantine Empire Sometimes referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. What happened during the Early Middle Ages? New waves of Greeks came to Magna Graecia from Greece and Asia Minor, as southern Italy remained governed by the Eastern Roman Empire. Latin alphabet One of the most widely used alphabets in the world used in ancient Rome. Why was the Chalcidean / Cumaean variety of the Greek alphabet influential? The Italic Etruscans, who adopted it, formed the Old Italic alphabet from it, which then evolved into the Latin alphabet. What was the most important cultural transplant of the Greeks entering southern Italy? The Chalcidean or Cumaean variety of the Greek alphabet that was adopted by the Etruscans. What are some examples of Greek culture influencing that of Italy? Dialects of the Ancient Greek language religious rites traditions of the independent polis What developed as part of the Greeks' settlements in southern Italy? An original Hellenic civilization that later interacted with native Italic populations. Delphi An archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis What did the Greek inhabitants of southern Italy call themselves? Italioti and Siceliots What impact did the Greeks have on southern Italy? They brought their Hellenic civilization with them, which left a lasting imprint on Italy, especially on the culture of ancient Rome. What would the ecista do before departing to colonize southern Italy with fellow Greek colonists? Consult the Oracle Delphi for instructions on where to found the new colony. What does Magna Graecia mean in Latin? "Great Greece" Which colonies were especially referred to as Magna Graecia? Achaean colonies of Tarentum, Crotone, and Sybaris more loosely, the more northern cities of Cumae and Neapolis Ecista A chosen leader who led Greek colonists in their settlement of southern Italy. regarding the Greeks? Greek colonies were established in places as widely separated as the eastern coast of the Black Sea, Eastern Libya, and Massalia Where in southern Italy did Greek colonization occur? Apuila Basilicata Calabria Campania Siciliy Magna Graecia The coastal areas of southern Italy extensively colonized by Greek settlers. regarding southern Italy? Greeks began to settle in southern Italy Why did Greeks begin to settle in southern Italy? Various reasons, including: demographic crises (famine, overcrowding) search for new commercial outlets and ports expulsion from their homeland What happened in the 7th and 8th centuries B.C. Where are the ruins of Metapontum located? The area of Metaponto, in the comune of Bernalda, in the Province of Matera, in Basilicata region What happened in the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. Metapontum One of the first stable colonies of the Greeks in southern Italy founded on Metabon, a native Oenotrian settlement. According to Antoninus Liberalis, what did the Oenotrians' arrival in southern Italy lead to? The migration of the Elymians to Sicily What occurred when the Greeks settled with their first stable colonies in southern Italy? The Oenotrians were pushed inland.
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