Locri Epizephyri (epi-Zephyros, under the West wind; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was founded about 680 BC on the Italian shores of the Ionian Sea, near modern Capo Zefirio, by the Locrians, apparently by Opuntii (East Locrians) from the city of Opus, but including Ozolae (West Locrians) and Lacedaemonians. (But Strabo suggests that it was the Ozolae who were the main founders.) This is a list of traditional Greek place names. ... Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC Events and Trends 689 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon 687 BC - Gyges becomes king of... The Ionian Sea. ... Locris was a region of ancient Greece, made up of two districts. ... Opus (also Opous), in Ancient Greece, the chief city of Opuntian or Eastern Locris. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sparta (Greek Σπάρτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ...

Due to hard winds at the original location of settlement, they moved to the present Locri site, where the city was founded. After a century, a wall around the city was created from large blocks. Outside the city there are several necropoleis, some of which are very large. The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ... A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a cemetery or burying-place, literally a city of the dead. Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. ...

Epizephyrian Locri was one of the cities of the Magna Graecia. It was renowned for its lawgiver Zaleucus, who decreed that anyone who proposed a change in the laws should do so with a noose about their neck, with which they should be hanged if the amendment did not pass. Plato called it "The flower of Italy", due to the local peoples' characteristics. Magna Graecia (Latin for Greater Greece, Megalê Hellas/Μεγάλη Ελλάς in Greek) is the name of the area in ancient southern Italy that was colonised by ancient Greek settlers in the 8th century BCE. Sources differ on whether it included Sicily, as well as Apulia and Calabria. ... Zaleucus (fl. ... Statue of a philosopher, presumably Plato, in Delphi. ...

In the early centuries Locri was allied with Sparta, and later with Syracuse. It founded two colonies of its own, Hipponion and Medma. Jump to: navigation, search Sparta (Greek Σπάρτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ... Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. ... Vibo Valentia is a town and comune (municipality) in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...

It was a substantial town, allied to Rome in the time of Polybius. It was abandoned in the 5th century AD. and finally destroyed by the Saracens. Jump to: navigation, search City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost... Jump to: navigation, search Polybius (ca 203 BC - 120 BC) was a Greek historian of the Mediterranean world famous for his book called The Histories or The Rise of the Roman Empire, covering the period of 220 BC to 146 BC. // Personal Experiences As the former tutor of Scipio Africanus... // Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ...

Ionic temple of Marasà

In the first half of 5th century BC, the Locrians destroyed the archaic temple and rebuilt a new temple in the Ionic style. The temple was designed by Syracusean architects around 470 BC based on the idea of Hiero I of Syracuse. Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC - 470 BC - 469 BC 468 BC... Hiero I was the brother of Gelo and tyrant of Syracuse from 478 to 467 BC. During his Carlos reign he greatly increased the power of Syracuse. ...

The new temple has the same place as the previous one but it has a different orientation. The temple was destroyed in the 11th century. The dimensions of the temple were 45.5 meters x 19.8 meters. The cell is free by supports on the central axes. The pronaos had two columns. The temple has 17 ionic columns on the long side, and 6 on the front. The height of the temple was 12 meters. A pronaos is the inner area of the portico of a Ancient Greek or Roman temple, situated between the colonnade or walls of the portico and the entrance to the cella or shrine. ...

The theater

The theatre

The theater has been built not far from the ancient city, in the Contrada Pirettina. It was dug in a beautiful place, in order to take advantage of the hills. The theater was built in the IVth century b.c. The original structure had space for more than 4,500 people, now it is visible only the central part of the theater. Part of the Cavea (Koilon in Greek) was cut in the rocks. Each plane was divided in 7 wedges Kerkìdes between 6 scales Klimakes. An horizontal separation Diazoma divided the upper theater Epitheatron from the lower theater. The Locri theater File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Locri theater File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In Roman times the cavea were the subterranean cells in which wild animals were confined before the combats in the Roman arena or amphitheatre. ...