In this lively cultural and economic climate, even the jeweller's is diffused and finds a great variety of expressions.
The philosophy, the literature and the art of the Greek world influenced in an evident way the artistic and cultural activities of these colonies, that gave life to refined expression: flourishing was the production of ceramics and the working in bronze, while the wonderful temples of Paestum attest the grade of refinement and the decent measure reached by the local architecture. In these colonies, that were then defenitely submitted by the Romans between 280and 265b.C., commerces, agriculture and handcraft flourished: furthermore, very important is the roll developed by these cities, spreading in Italy the Greek culture.
Magna graecia ornate style series#
the Greek started to found a series of colonies that extended along the coasts of the south of Italy, from Apulia to Campania,with some centres in Sicily:"Taranto,Cuma, Metaponto, Sibari, Crotone, Reggio, Paestum and Naples"these were the main centres of this big area colonized, that was then called Magna Graecia.
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