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Pythagoras established himself here between 540 and 530 B.C. and formed a society of 300 disciples (among whom was Milo), who acquired considerable See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with the supreme See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of l000 by which the city was ruled. In 510 B.C. Crotona was strong enough to defeat the Sybarites, with whom it had previously been on friendly terms, and raze their city to the ground.

Shortly afterwards, however, an insurrection took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, by which the disciples of Pythagoras were driven out, and a See also:

DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy established. The victory of the Locrians and Phlegians over Crotona in 480 B.C. marked the beginning of its decline. It suffered after this from the attacks of See also:

Dionysius I., who became its See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master for twelve years, of the Bruttii, and of See also:

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles, and even more from the invasion of See also:

PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus, after which in 277 the See also:

Romans obtained See also:

possession of it. See also:

LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy states that the walls had a length of 12 M. and that about See also:

HALF

half the See also:

AREA

area within them had at that See also:

time ceased to be inhabited. After the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

CANNAE (mod. Canne)

Cannae Crotona revolted from See also:

Rome, and See also:

Hannibal made it his See also:

winter quarters for three years. It was made a colony by the Romans at the end of the See also:

war (194 B.C.). After that time but little is heard of it, though See also:

PETRONIUS (G. (?)1

Petronius mentions the corrupt morals of its inhabitants; but it continues to be mentioned down to the See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

WARS

wars. The importance of the city was mainly due to its See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, which, though not a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good one, was the only See also:

PORT

port between See also:

Tarentum and Rhegium. The See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

settlement occupied the See also:

hill above it (143 ft.) and later became the See also:

ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

acropolis. Its healthy situation was famous in antiquity, and to this was ascribed its superiority in athletics; it was the seat also of a medical school which in the days of See also:

HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus was considered the first in See also:

GREECE

Greece. Of the exact site of the See also:

ancient city and its remains practically nothing is known; a few fragments of the productions of its See also:

art preserved in private hands at Cotrone are described by F. von Duhn in Notizie degli scavi, 1897, 343 seq. (T.

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