![]() ![]() Inside, on a beaten earth floor, painted ceramics all marked with the inscription Ire ("sacred"), which certifies dedication to the divinity. Velia, archaeologists working on the excavation. It is of considerable size, 18 metres long and 7 wide, and dates back to the sixth century BC. ![]() Started last summer on the top of what used to be the acropolis of the city, just below the still evident remains of the temple dedicated to Athena, the excavations directed by Francesco Scelza have brought to light the remains of a rectangular structure. Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini also applauded the finding, saying how "important it is to continue investing with conviction in archaeological research which never ceases to return important pieces of Mediterranean history." Image Credit: ANSA.Ī discovery, the scholar emphasised, "which sheds a new light on this fascinating page of ancient history." In the foreground is the bronze cap helmet of Etruscan origin (photo Paestum-Velia archaeological park). READ MORE: Magna Graecia: Casapulla, the town of Apollo.Īs they were skilled merchants, they founded Hyele, then renamed Elea (Velia according to the Romans), the city of Magna Graecia which was the birthplace of the philosopher Parmenides.ĭirector General of all the Italian museums, Massimo Osanna, anticipated exclusively to Italian outlet ANSA that an excavation started by the Archaeological Park of Paestum-Velia has unearthed helmets that most likely come from that epochal battle. In the clash, claims Herodotus, the Greeks won.Īnd yet the ships they had managed to save could no longer fight, so much so that they had to embark their families, abandon Alalia and head for Magna Graecia (Southern Italy). ![]() This was an epic and bloody fight and Herodotus tells us about the Greek colonists, who settled in the Corsican city of Alalia, and were under attack from a joint Etruscan and Carthaginian military force. It was 540 BC when the first great naval battle in history took place off the coast of Corsica, in what the ancients called the Sea of Sardinia, to the west of Magna Graecia. ![]()
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