Italy: The ancient Greek theatre of Taormina with Mount Etna looming in the background, Sicily

The ancient Greek theatre of Taormina was built in the third century BCE.

The area around Taormina was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found a town called Naxos. The theory that Tauromenion was founded by colonists from Naxos is confirmed by Strabo and other ancient writers.

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David Henley

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