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c. 1200 BCE - c. 800 BCEFirst wave of Phoenician colonization where largely trading-posts are founded throughout the Mediterranean.
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c. 1110 BCETraditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Gades (Cadiz).
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c. 1101 BCETraditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Utica by Sidon (or Tyre).
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c. 814 BCETraditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Carthage by Tyre.
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c. 800 BCE - 600 BCESecond stage of Phoenician colonization where trading-posts become full colonies throughout the Mediterranean.
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800 BCE - 500 BCEGreek colonization of the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
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c. 750 BCEPhoenicians found the colony of Motya on Sicily.
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c. 740 BCE - c. 433 BCEGreek poleis or city-states establish colonies in Magna Graecia.
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c. 740 BCEChalcis and Kyme found the colony of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
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734 BCEChalcis founds the colony of Naxos on Sicily.
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c. 733 BCETraditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.
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733 BCECorinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
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720 BCEMetapontum in Magna Graecia is found by Achaeans.
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c. 720 BCEChalcis founds the colony of Rhegium in Sicily.
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c. 720 BCESybaris in Magna Graecia founded by Archaean settlers.
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c. 710 BCECroton in Magna Graecia founded by Archaean settlers.
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706 BCESparta founds the colony of Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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c. 700 BCESettlers from mainland Greece, possibly Samos, settle on Samothrace.
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c. 689 BCERhodes and Cretans found Gela in Sicily.
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c. 685 BCEMegara founds the colony of Chalcedon.
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675 BCEMiletos founds the colony of Kyzikos in the Black Sea area.
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668 BCEMegara founds the colony of Byzantium.
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c. 631 BCEMiletos founds the colony of Sinope in the Black Sea area.
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c. 630 BCEMessana founds the colony of Himera on Sicily.
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630 BCEGreek colonists from the island of Thera found the city of Cyrene in North Africa.
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c. 630 BCESelinus is founded by colonists from Megara Hyblaea, Sicily.
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c. 600 BCEPhocaea founds the colony of Massilia.
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c. 600 BCEPaestum is founded by colonists from Sybaris.
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c. 600 BCEMiletos founds the colony of Pantikapaion in the Black Sea area.
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580 BCE - 376 BCECarthage and Greece fight for dominance in Sicily.
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c. 580 BCEAgrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
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575 BCEMassalia founds the colony of Emporion in Spain.
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560 BCEMegara founds the colony of Herakleai Pontike in the Black Sea area.
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c. 550 BCEMiletos founds the colony of Olbia in the Black Sea area.
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c. 540 BCEPhocaea founds Elea in Magna Graecia.
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525 BCESecond wave of emigration of Greeks to Massilia.
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500 BCECarthage expands into southern Spain.
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c. 443 BCEThurii in Magna Graecia founded by Athenian settlers.
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c. 437 BCEAthens founds the colony of Amphipolis in northern Macedonia.
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433 BCETarentum founds Heraclea in Magna Graecia.
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c. 420 BCEHerakleia founds the colonies of Chersonesos in the Crimea.
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415 BCEAthens launches an expedition against Sicily, the pretext being protection of Segesta.
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396 BCEThe Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum is founded on Sicily.
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c. 300 BCE - c. 200 BCEGreek colonists set up an emporion (trade centre) at Salona.
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44 BCEJulius Caesar founds the Roman colony of Corinth.