over Croton in the battle of the Sagra in middle of the sixth century BC interrupted the expansion of the city.

The walls of the city were 12 miles long and enclosed a vast area.

Its inhabitants were famous for their physical strength and for the simple sobriety of their lives. From 588 BC onwards, Croton produced many generations of winners in the Olympics and the other Panhellenic Games, the

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