{"id":4057,"date":"2018-03-22T18:44:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naples-napoli.org\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2018-03-22T18:44:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:44:05","slug":"elea-velia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naples-napoli.org\/en\/elea-velia\/","title":{"rendered":"Elea – Velia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elea<\/strong> (called Velia<\/strong> by the Romans) was founded by Phoenicians<\/strong> between 540 and 535 BC.<\/p>\n

The city of Focea<\/strong> in western Turkey was at that time subject to considerable Persian pressure. The inhabitants took the sea, abandoning a deserted city to the invaders to join Aleria<\/strong> in Corsica where had already settled Phoenicians.<\/p>\n

Good sailors, they aroused the mistrust of the Etruscan and Carthaginian against whom they engaged an important battle which they won despite heavy losses. They took refuge in Reggio<\/strong>, a city in the Great Greek, where the ambassador of Paestum (Poseidonia) encouraged them to acquire the territory of Yela<\/strong> on the lands of the Enotres near his own city.<\/p>\n

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