Crotona

Crotona ( Krotôn , Crotona ) is a Italian city of the Province of Crotona, in the area of Calabria.

History

Crotona is a city located in the Bruttium on the Western coast of the gulf of Tarente on a headland which advances in the Ionian Mer. It is founded in 710 av. J. - C. by Achaens and Spartiates. Enough quickly it becomes prosperous and is opposed to Sybaris the large rival whose slackened manners contrast with Crotona.

In 530 av. J. - C. Pythagore creates its school of wisdom and gives aristocratic laws to the city. However towards 450 av. J. - C. the democratic party is essential.

In 510 av. J. - C., Crotona seizes Sybaris which is destroyed basic in roof.

Later, on a dubious date, it is devastated by Pyrrhus Ier king of Epire, and is taken by the Romans in 277 av. J. - C.

In 194 av. J. - C., Crotona becomes a Roman colony. The police chiefs Cneius Octavius, L. Aemilius Paulus and C. Laetorius organize the installation of a group of Romans on the grounds which Bruttiens had taken to the Greeks.

The most famous athlete of Antiquity, Milon of Crotona, was originating in the city.

A Greek legend explains the origin of the city with a founder going down from Héraclès: Myscélos.

Into 1928, the name of the city changes Cotrone into Crotona .

Administration

Hamlets

  • Papanice, Apriglianello, Carpentieri, Cipolla, Farina, Gabella Large, Iannello, Maiorano, Margherita

Communes bordering

Cutro, Insulated di Capo Rizzuto, Rocca di Neto, Scandale, Strongoli

Economy

Personalities related to Crotona

See too

  • List of the Italian cities of more than 25.000 inhabitants

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