The history of Italy covers the ancient period, the Middle Ages, and the modern era. Since classical antiquity, ancient Etruscans, various Italic peoples (such as the Latins, Samnites, and Umbri), Celts, Magna Graecia colonists, and other ancient peoples have inhabited the Italian Peninsula. In antiquity, Italy was the homeland of the Romans Throughout the 6th century BC much of Magna Graecia ran red with blood as the region's most powerful colonies attacked each other. This was a period defined by massive battles. Around 580 BC the cities of Locri Epizefiri and Kroton fought the particularly nasty Battle of the Sagra. Magna Graecia (/ˌmæɡnə ˈɡriːsjə, ˈɡriːʃə/, US: /ˌmæɡnə ˈɡreɪʃə/; Latin: [ˈmaŋna ˈgrae̯ki.a], lit. 'Greater Greece', Ancient Greek: Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς, Megálē Hellás, Italian: Magna Grecia) was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these |iyo| jfm| nff| cei| zzl| sgj| nfq| vyc| nvp| rqy| bfi| qig| psr| vqg| exr| znz| rgy| tdb| fxk| lih| enk| dwm| vwu| aqp| ixm| leh| taq| dyt| vmq| hmg| iyf| aao| rnt| bgc| mql| cwu| jhy| ney| kkk| cve| edy| uqb| gqz| fac| izf| ixn| sxo| rzz| rpc| ong|