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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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720 BCEMetapontum in Magna Graecia is found by Achaeans.
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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. 580 BCEAgrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
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570 BCE - 530 BCEThe Doric Temple of Hera is built at Metapontum, Magna Graecia.
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c. 540 BCEPhocaea founds Elea in Magna Graecia.
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491 BCE - 478 BCEReign of Gelon, tyrant of Gela on Sicily.
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490 BCETarentum wins victories against the Messapians and Peucetians in Magna Graecia.
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c. 489 BCE - c. 473 BCEThe tyrant Theron rules Agrigento.
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480 BCETarentum wins victories against the Messapians and Peucetians in Magna Graecia.
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480 BCEAgrigento defeats Carthage at the battle of Himera.
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c. 480 BCEThe huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
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c. 475 BCEThe Messapians inflict a heavy defeat on Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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450 BCE - 430 BCEThe Temple of Concordia is built at Agrigento.
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c. 443 BCEThurii in Magna Graecia founded by Athenian settlers.
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440 BCEBrundisium and Thurii form an alliance in southern Italy.
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433 BCEThe colony of Heraclea in Magna Graecia is founded by Tarentum.
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433 BCETarentum founds Heraclea in Magna Graecia.
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406 BCEAgrigento is attacked and destroyed by Carthage.
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338 BCETimoleon agrees a peace treaty with Carthage over their control of Sicily.
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282 BCEGela, on Sicily, is destroyed by Phintias, the tyrant of Agrigento.
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270 BCERome occupies Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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262 BCERome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.
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210 BCERome attacks Agrigento.
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209 BCETarentum comes under Roman control during the Second Punic War.
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89 BCEAll poleis or city-states in Magna Graecia come under Roman control.
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c. 470 CE - c. 385 CELife of the philosopher Philolaus, active in Magna Graecia.