Cumae
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Cumae was a coastal settlement in Italy, just north of the Bay of Naples. Founded in the 8th century B.C., it was the first Greek colony established in mainland Italy. It was well placed to exploit trade route, and according to Greek historian Dionysus of Halicarnasus the success of the colony prompted an unsuccessful attack in 524 B.C. by the inhabitants of the region. Naples and Syracuse became prosperous as trading towns in the 5th century, challenging Cumae's dominance in the Tyrrhenian Sea west of Italy.[1] Archaeological evidence suggests the settlement was created by 730–720 B.C. at the latest.[2]
- ↑ Grant, Michael (1976). Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii & Herculaneum. p. 15. London: Penguin Books.
- ↑ Cerchiai, Luca; Jannelli, Lorena & Longo, Fausto (2004). The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily. pp. 41–44. Los Angeles: Getty Publications. ISBN 0-89236-751-2.