Crotone

Crotone is a city and municipality in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded as the Greek colony of Croton, it became a major center of Magna Graecia.

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Croton: An ancient Greek city in southern Italy, founded by Achaeans around 710 BCE and known for its athletic, medical, and philosophical traditions. The ancient settlement whose name and history underpin modern Crotone.
Capo Colonna: A headland near Crotone containing the archaeological remains of the sanctuary of Hera Lacinia. Its surviving Doric column is the most recognizable remnant of ancient Croton’s coastal sanctuary.
Port of Crotone: A commercial and fishing harbor on the Ionian coast of Calabria, serving the city of Crotone. The harbor links the modern city to the maritime position that mattered in antiquity.
Sibari: A modern town in Calabria near the archaeological site of Sybaris, an ancient Greek colony on the Gulf of Taranto. Sybaris was a neighboring Achaean colony and a major rival of ancient Croton.
Crotone (ancient city): The ancient Greek city of Croton, whose remains lie within and near the modern city of Crotone. The ancient settlement and the present municipality share a site but differ in political and historical context.
Magna Graecia: The coastal regions of southern Italy colonized by Greek settlers from the eighth century BCE onward. Croton was one of the most powerful Greek cities in this wider colonial region.
Hera Lacinia: An epithet of the Greek goddess Hera, especially associated with her sanctuary at Cape Lacinion in southern Italy. Her sanctuary was a major religious center in Croton’s territory.
Ionian Sea: A sea in the Mediterranean between southern Italy, Greece, and the western Balkans. Crotone’s coastline faces this sea, which connects it to Greece and other Mediterranean shores.
Locri: A town in Calabria associated with the ancient Greek colony of Locri Epizephyrii. Locri was a nearby Greek city whose conflicts and alliances involved Croton.
Croton, Mississippi: An unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States, unrelated to the ancient Greek city of Croton. The similar name can be confused with the ancient city associated with modern Crotone.