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| | Magna Graecia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Magna Graecia (Latin for "Greater Greece," Megalê Hellas/Μεγάλη Ελλάς in Greek) is the name of the area in Southern Italy that was colonised by Greek settlers in the 8th century BC, who brought with them the lasting imprint of their Hellenic civilization. |
 | | During the Early Middle Ages, following the Gothic War that was disastrous for the region, new waves of Byzantine Christian Greeks came to Magna Graecia from Greece and Asia Minor, as Southern Italy remained loosely governed by the Eastern Roman Empire until the advent, first of the Lombards then of the Normans. |
 | | Records of Magna Graecia being predominantly Greek-speaking, date as late as the 11th century AD (end of Byzantine domination in Southern Italy). |
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