Magna Graecia
the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.
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How to use Magna Graecia in a sentence
The provincial museum contains antiquities and especially coins from the ancient cities of Magna Graecia, and a few pictures.
They were not called upon to create a new taste, or to gratify a taste recently acquired in Sicily and the towns of Magna Graecia.
The Roman Poets of the Republic | William Young SellarAnthropomorphism, immorality, childish folly—these are the charges which Xenophanes brings against the worship of Magna Graecia.
Lux Mundi | VariousAn Italian bought him for a brotherhood in Magna Graecia for ten minas.
Essays on the Greek Romances | Elizabeth Hazelton HaightHe also carried on an expedition against Rhegium and its allied cities in Magna Graecia.
British Dictionary definitions for Magna Graecia
/ (ˈmæɡnə ˈɡriːʃɪə) /
(in the ancient world) S Italy, where numerous colonies were founded by Greek cities
Origin of Magna Graecia
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