. was founded by the Achaeans underMyscellus of Aegae, assisted by the Spartans, 710 (Strab. p. 262; Dionys. ii. 59; xv. 9). Its extensive commerce, thevirtue of its inhabitants, and the excellence ofits institutions, made it the most powerful andflourishing town in the S. of Italy. It owedmuch of its greatness to Pythagoras, who esta-blished his school here. Gymnastics were cul-tivated here in greater perfection than in anyother Greek city; and one of its citizens, Blilo,was the most celebrated athlete in Greece. Itattai
. was founded by the Achaeans underMyscellus of Aegae, assisted by the Spartans, 710 (Strab. p. 262; Dionys. ii. 59; xv. 9). Its extensive commerce, thevirtue of its inhabitants, and the excellence ofits institutions, made it the most powerful andflourishing town in the S. of Italy. It owedmuch of its greatness to Pythagoras, who esta-blished his school here. Gymnastics were cul-tivated here in greater perfection than in anyother Greek city; and one of its citizens, Blilo,was the most celebrated athlete in Greece. Itattained its greatest power by the destruction ofSybaris in 510; but it sustained a severe defeatfrom the Locrians on the river Sagras. [It isuncertain whether this defeat was before or afterthe destruction of Sybaris. Justin (xx. 2) placesit before the arrival of Pythagoras, and there-fore about 560 : Strabo speaks of it asmarking the decline of the power of Croton, andtherefore after 510.] It suffered greatly inthe wars with Dionysius, Agathocles, and. Cronus (Saturnus). (From a paintingat Pompeii.) CEUSTUMEEIA CTJMAE 259 Pyrrhus; and in the second Punic war a con-siderable part of it had ceased to be inhabited.
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