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495. Third,
the Greeks
496. West-
ern Greek
colonies
bring civili-
zation into
the western
Mediterra-
nean world
258 Survey of the Ancient World
southern Spain, they were also conquering the islands of tr"e
the
western Mediterranean, especially Sicily."
While the Carthaginians were endeavoring to make
western Mediterranean their own, the Italic peoples saw
third rivals invading the West. They were the Greeks,
have already followed the Greek colonies as they fount
their city-states along the coast of southern Italy and in
their
We
ded
Sicily
■ f all
in the eighth century b.c. (§§ 257-259). The strongest 01
the western Greek cities was Syracuse, which took the lea
more than once. We recall how the Athenians tried to conquer
the West by capturing Syracuse (§§ 386-390).
Although the western Greeks, like the homeland, fought am°n£
themselves and failed, to unite in a strong and permanent state>
they brought the first civilization to Italy (§ 258). In their won-
derful buildings, great architecture made its first appearance
in the western Mediterranean. The same was true of many
other contributions of Greek culture with which we are no^v
familiar. Thus fifteen hundred years after the Italic tribes
had
first settled in Italy,' there.,.grew up on the south of them a
wonderful world of Greek civilization, which went on growing
and developing to reach its highest in that Hellenistic culWe
which brought forth an Archimedes at Syracuse (§ 47°)- ^et
us now turn back to follow the career of the barbarous Itahc
tribes of central Italy under the leadership of Rome, and watch
them slowly gaining organization and power, and finally civil'23'
tion, as they were influenced first by the Etruscans on their
north, and then by the Greeks on the south of them.
497. The
tribes of
Latium, and
Alba Longa
the leading
Latin town
Section 51. Earliest Rome
On the south or east bank of the Tiber, which flows into the
sea in the middle of the west coast of Italy (see map, p. 256)'
there was a group of Italic tribes known as the Latins. In the
days when the Etruscan sea raiders first landed on the shores
north of the Tiber, these Latin tribes had occupied a p'ain
the Greeks
496. West-
ern Greek
colonies
bring civili-
zation into
the western
Mediterra-
nean world
258 Survey of the Ancient World
southern Spain, they were also conquering the islands of tr"e
the
western Mediterranean, especially Sicily."
While the Carthaginians were endeavoring to make
western Mediterranean their own, the Italic peoples saw
third rivals invading the West. They were the Greeks,
have already followed the Greek colonies as they fount
their city-states along the coast of southern Italy and in
their
We
ded
Sicily
■ f all
in the eighth century b.c. (§§ 257-259). The strongest 01
the western Greek cities was Syracuse, which took the lea
more than once. We recall how the Athenians tried to conquer
the West by capturing Syracuse (§§ 386-390).
Although the western Greeks, like the homeland, fought am°n£
themselves and failed, to unite in a strong and permanent state>
they brought the first civilization to Italy (§ 258). In their won-
derful buildings, great architecture made its first appearance
in the western Mediterranean. The same was true of many
other contributions of Greek culture with which we are no^v
familiar. Thus fifteen hundred years after the Italic tribes
had
first settled in Italy,' there.,.grew up on the south of them a
wonderful world of Greek civilization, which went on growing
and developing to reach its highest in that Hellenistic culWe
which brought forth an Archimedes at Syracuse (§ 47°)- ^et
us now turn back to follow the career of the barbarous Itahc
tribes of central Italy under the leadership of Rome, and watch
them slowly gaining organization and power, and finally civil'23'
tion, as they were influenced first by the Etruscans on their
north, and then by the Greeks on the south of them.
497. The
tribes of
Latium, and
Alba Longa
the leading
Latin town
Section 51. Earliest Rome
On the south or east bank of the Tiber, which flows into the
sea in the middle of the west coast of Italy (see map, p. 256)'
there was a group of Italic tribes known as the Latins. In the
days when the Etruscan sea raiders first landed on the shores
north of the Tiber, these Latin tribes had occupied a p'ain