Place details
Place nameCalabria
Other namesBruttium, Calabrian
CountryItalia
Latitude39
Longitude16.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Settled in prehistoric times; was powerful Greek colonial area; taken by Romans in 268 BC, by Byzantine Empire in 9th cen. AD, & by Normans in 11th cen.; was center of Italian republicanism & united to Kingdom of Italy 1860.