Territorial expansion of Lokris in Ancient Calabria: preliminary results/A Calabria grega: expansao territorial da polis de Locris. apontamentos preliminares

The Western Mediterranean, from the 8th century B.C., began to receive waves of Greek migrants willing to settle there permanently. Driven by the lack of agricultural land, by political instability in their places of origin, or even in search of a way of life linked to commercial activity, these gro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia 2022-01 (38), p.12
1. Verfasser: Florenzano, Maria Beatriz Borba
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Zusammenfassung:The Western Mediterranean, from the 8th century B.C., began to receive waves of Greek migrants willing to settle there permanently. Driven by the lack of agricultural land, by political instability in their places of origin, or even in search of a way of life linked to commercial activity, these groups, by force, had to establish relations with the inhabitants of the West. Founding settlements of various kinds--some more permanent, others more temporary--, the Greeks became partners with Sicanians, Sicels, Samnites, Phoenicians, Oenotrians, etc., establishing relationships that were often aggressive, but at other times of peaceful coexistence, accommodation, negotiation. In this context, a wave of migrants from Lokris in the Balkans arrived at the southern end of the Italian Peninsula, on the Ionian coast, and founded a new Lokris in the 7 th century B.C.: Lokris Epizefri. Coming across a very narrow coastal strip, these Lokrians soon ventured over the Aspromonte towards the Tyrrhenian Sea, where they founded two new settlements: Medma and Hiponion. This paper discusses what archaeology reveals about how these new polis on the Tyrrhenian plain were established, thus extending the Lokrian area of influence. Keywords: Colonization; Lokris; Territorial expansion; Greek Calabria. O Ocidente mediterranico, a partir do seculo VIII a.C., passou a receber levas de migrantes gregos dispostos a ali se instalarem permanentemente. Levados pela falta de terras agriculturaveis, por problemas politicos em seus locais de origem ou, ainda, pela busca de um modo de vida ligado a atividade comercial, esses grupos, por forca, tiveram que estabelecer relacoes com os habitantes das localidades do Ocidente. Fundando assentamentos de varios tipos--uns mais permanentes, outros mais temporarios--, os gregos tornaram-se parceiros de sicanios, siculos, samnitas, fenicios, enotrios e assim por diante em relacoes muitas vezes de agressao, mas em outras de convivio pacifico, de acomodacao, de negociacao. Nesse contexto, uma leva de migrantes da Locrida da Grecia Balcanica chegou ao extremo sul da Peninsula Italica, pelo lado do mar Jonio, e fundaram uma nova Locris no seculo VII a.C.: Locris Epizefiri. Ao depararem-se com uma faixa costeira muito estreita, esses locrios logo se aventuraram pelas montanhas do Aspromonte em direcao ao mar Tirreno: ali encontraram uma planicie muito fertil, onde fundaram dois novos assentamentos: Medma e Hiponio. Neste artigo, procuraremos mostrar o que a
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