CLA231H1 Lecture : CLA231.docx
Document Summary
Different groups fill the population and the period from the end of the 9th to the beginning of the 8th century. There are two groups: the venetians that will have some settlement in sicily, the carthaginian will colonize in the south of italy and the greeks will also populate southern italy as well. The greeks will arrive around the 8th century and settle along the coast of sicily in the north and south. They will later have some contact with the people of rome. The people of greece will cause a huge difference in the roman society. Roman worldview of extension of empire over western europe and northern africa when it was at its. The position of italy is located in the mediterranean world. Italy is accessible from three sides by sea, which will be a positive and a negative in terms of trade and migration. Italy will not have the culture it"s had through the middle ages.
