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...inous interior. The coasts on both sides were occupied by powerful [[Greek colonies]], part of [[Magna Graecia]]. ...campaigns. The country never recovered from these disasters, and under the Roman government fell into decay, to which the [[Social War]], in which the Lucan

...During the [[Roman Empire]] it was called '''Rhegium Julium''' as a noble Roman city. Later ''Reggio di Calabria'' became a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Category:Euboean colonies of Magna Graecia]]

...byl|Sibyl]]'s cave at [[Cumae]], the [[Greek temple]]s at [[Paestum]], the Roman ruins at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]], the volcanoes of [[Mount Vesuvius ...th century BCE. [[Etruscans]] and [[Samnites]] gave way to the expanding [[Roman Republic]].

...of a Roman colony. Little more is heard of it during the Republican and [[Roman Empire|Imperial]] periods, though [[Petronius]] mentions the corrupt morals ...riod of Spanish rule of which the 16th-century castle of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], overlooking modern Crotone, serves as a reminder—and

...[Blue Grotto]] ('Grotta Azzurra'). Above all are the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas. ===Ancient and Roman times===

...the provincial administration in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the [[Roman Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Eastern [ ...to war with each other, and Euphimius, the winner, dreamt of reuniting the Roman empire. However, he lacked an army, so he asked the [[Saracen]]s ([[Muslim]

...from the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzantine Empire|Roman Empire of the East]] to conquer Rome. ...BC|715]]/[[673 BC]] – reign of [[Numa Pompilius]]: creation of the [[Roman senate]] and the priestly offices

...aneum]] as well as the [[Farnese Marbles]], some of the greatest surviving Roman statues, an amazing numismatical collection; The [[Museo di Capodimonte|Mus ...layers laid down across history. Subterranean Naples consists of old Greco-Roman reservoirs dug out from the soft [[tuff|tufo stone]] on which, and from whi

...aneum]] as well as the [[Farnese Marbles]], some of the greatest surviving Roman statues, an amazing numismatical collection; The [[Museo di Capodimonte|Mus ...layers laid down across history. Subterranean Naples consists of old Greco-Roman reservoirs dug out from the soft [[tuff|tufo stone]] on which, and from whi

During a spectacular presentation in a Roman theater on March 30 1947, and attended the then famous comedian company [[E ...at low cost, if that had not existed only on paper: the FTAA is, after the Roman glitzy presentation and a discreet battage advertising, failed to build mor

...Romeo Anconetani|Arena Garibaldi]]'' in 1991. Also [[Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] authors referred to Pisa as an old city. [[Servius]] wrote that the Teuti ...] and [[Carthago|Carthaginians]]. In 180 BC it became a Roman colony under Roman law, as ''Portus Pisanus''. In 89 BC, ''Portus Pisanus'' became a [[municip

...r the name of ''Karalis'' it was one of a string of [[Phoenicia]]n trading colonies in [[Sardinia]], including [[Sulcis]], [[Nora, Italy|Nora]], and [[Tharros] [[Image:Cagliari Roman Amphitheatre 2003.jpg|thumb|290px|Roman Amphitheatre.]]

In the [[ancient Rome|Roman era]], Genoa was overshadowed by the powerful [[Marseille]] and ''Vada Saba ...us died in Corsica while fighting against the Saracens. In this period the Roman walls, destroyed by the Lombards, were rebuilt and extended.

...the [[Etruscan civilization]] and especially the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Roman Empire|Empire]] that dominated this part of the world for many centuries ca ...alley, for example, was appended in 42 BC. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the [[Lombards|Lombard]] invasions, "Italy" or "Italian" gradu

...[[Greeks]] and the [[Gauls]], the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] founded the [[Colonies in antiquity|colony]] of '''''Ariminum''''', probably from the name of a ne Crisis in the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] world was marked by destruction caused by invasions and wars, but also by

...pire]] after the [[Decline of the Roman Empire|fall of Rome]] in [[Western Roman Empire|the West]] and even the [[Lombards]] failed to consolidate it, thoug ...of Sicily efficiently. However, it lasted only 64 years before the [[Holy Roman Emperors]] long-held designs on the region came to fruition. The [[Hohensta

[[Image:Forum Romanum panorama 2.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The [[Roman Forum]] was the central area around which ancient Rome developed.]] ...o barbarian invasions in the [[5th century]], marking the [[decline of the Roman Empire]] and the beginning of the [[Middle Ages]].

|Established title || [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] foundation ...of the city. The area was settled by the [[Taurini]] in pre-[[ancient Rome|Roman]] times.

...ɛne]}} by a Roman, {{IPA|[va ˈbene]}} by a Milanese; ''a casa'' "at home": Roman {{IPA|[a ˈkkasa]}}, Milanese {{IPA|[a ˈkaza]}}). Italian is spoken in former Italian colonies in [[Africa]] ([[Libya]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]] and [[Eritrea]]). Howev

...[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]] in [[734 BC|734 BCE]]. Other important [[Greek colonies]] were [[Gela]], [[Agrigentum|Acragas]], [[Selinunte]], [[Himera]], and [[Z ...mainland, not far from the southwest corner of the region, and had its own colonies on Sicily. Palermo was a Carthaginian city, founded in the [[8th century BC