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Bruttium (brŭ`tēəm), ancient region, S Italy, roughly occupying the present Calabria Calabria (kälä`brēä), region (1991 pop.
..... Click the link for more information. , the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. Bruttium faced Sicily across the Strait of Messina. Inhabited in the interior by the Brutii (whose chief town was Cosenza) and by the Lucani, it was settled (8th cent. B.C.) along the coast by Greek colonists. Sybaris Sybaris (sĭb`ərĭs), ancient city of Magna Graecia, S Italy, in Bruttium, on the Gulf of Tarentum (now Taranto).
..... Click the link for more information. and Crotona Crotona (krōtō`nə), Croton, or Kroton
..... Click the link for more information. were among the most prosperous towns of the colonies of Magna Graecia Magna Graecia (măg`nə grē`shə) [Lat.,=great Greece], Greek colonies of S Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. . The Romans conquered Bruttium in the 3d cent. B.C. Rhegium Rhegium (rē`jēəm), ancient city, S Italy, on the Strait of Messina. It is the modern Reggio di Calabria . Founded (c.720 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. and Vibo Valentia Vibo Valentia (vē`bō välān`tyä), town (1991 pop. 34,836), Calabria, S Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea.
..... Click the link for more information. were important Roman cities of Bruttium. The region passed to Byzantium after the fall of Rome and became known as Calabria.

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