| 单词 | bruttium |
| 释义 | BruttiumBrut·ti·umB0517900 (bro͝ot′ē-əm, brŭt′-)BruttiumBruttium(brŭ`tēəm), ancient region, S Italy, roughly occupying the present CalabriaCalabria, region (1991 pop. 2,070,203), 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km), S Italy, a peninsula projecting between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, separated from Sicily by the narrow Strait of Messina. It forms the toe of the Italian "boot. ..... Click the link for more information. , the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. Bruttium faced Sicily across the Strait of Messina. Inhabited in the interior by the Brutii (whose chief town was Cosenza) and by the Lucani, it was settled (8th cent. B.C.) along the coast by Greek colonists. SybarisSybaris , ancient city of Magna Graecia, S Italy, in Bruttium, on the Gulf of Tarentum (now Taranto). It was founded in 720 B.C. by Achaeans and people from Argolis, the Troezenians. ..... Click the link for more information. and CrotonaCrotona , Croton, or Kroton , ancient city, S Italy, on the east coast of Bruttium (now Calabria), a colony of Magna Graecia founded c.708 B.C. There Pythagoras established his school, which exerted a notable political and moral influence. ..... Click the link for more information. were among the most prosperous towns of the colonies of Magna GraeciaMagna Graecia [Lat.,=great Greece], Greek colonies of S Italy. The Greek overseas expansion of the 8th cent. B.C. founded a number of towns that became the centers of a new, thriving Greek territory. ..... Click the link for more information. . The Romans conquered Bruttium in the 3d cent. B.C. RhegiumRhegium , ancient city, S Italy, on the Strait of Messina. It is the modern Reggio di Calabria. Founded (c.720 B.C.) as a colony of Chalcis, many Messenians later settled there. It was powerful until its defeat and destruction (386 B.C.) by Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse. ..... Click the link for more information. and Vibo ValentiaVibo Valentia , town (1991 pop. 34,836), Calabria, S Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is an agricultural and commercial center. A flourishing Roman town, Vibo was destroyed by the Arabs in the 9th cent. and was rebuilt by Emperor Frederick II in the 13th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. were important Roman cities of Bruttium. The region passed to Byzantium after the fall of Rome and became known as Calabria. |
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