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When did the Greeks arrive on the Italian Peninsula? Where did they initially settle?

We’re did they initially settle

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8th century BC

In the 8th century BC, Greeks began settling in the southern regions of Italy in what was known as Magna Graecia (Greater Greece). These settlers brought with them much of the Hellenic civilization that would come to shape the Roman Empire, from their Gods, to their technology, their architecture and their food

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