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The discoveries were made in Velia near Salerno in what is now Campania, but which used to be Lucania.
"The Velia Archaeological Site (Scavi di Velia) in Campania houses the remains of a Greek colony turned Roman municipality. Along with the better-known sites of the Certosa of Padula and Paestum, Velia is a part of this UNESCO World Heritage group that is lesser-known." It was founded by settlers from Ionia.
"Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the remains dug up at the popular tourist site of Velia were found on what had been an acropolis of one of Magna Graecia’s most important cities. Velia is 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Paestum, a much-visited site of ancient Greek temples.The recently completed excavation at Velia unearthed a pair of helmets in good condition, the remains of a building, vases with the Greek inscription for “sacred” and metal fragments of what possibly were weapons, the culture ministry said."
"Velia’s founding dates to about 540 B.C. by colonists from Asia Minor.
"Velia is famed for being the home of an ancient Greek school of philosophy, including philosophers Parmenides and Zeno. It was part of Magna Graecia, the area of southern Italy colonized by Greek city-states. The settlement at Velia occupied an upper part, or acropolis, of the area as well as hillsides, and was surrounded by a wall. The city’s ancient name was Elea."
https://omaha.com/ancient-helmets-t...cle_084d806a-83bc-11ec-a1b0-ebbd6322f3cd.html
"[FONT="]Ancient Greeks may have left the items behind after the Battle of Alalia. Between 541 and 535 BCE, a fleet of Phocaean s[FONT="]hips—who had set up a colony, Alalia, on the island of Corsica—set sail on the nearby Tyrrhenian Sea to fend off attacks from neighboring Etruscan and Carthaginian forces, per the statement.[/FONT][/FONT]
An archaeologist works to free one of the helmets from the dig site. Courtesy of the Parco Archeologico di Paestum & Velia[FONT="]Though the Greeks emerged victorious, the costly sea battle ultimately spurred the Phocaean colonists to leave Alalia and establish a colony closer to other Greek settlements along the southern coast of Italy. Settlers from Phocaea sailed for the mainland and purchased a plot of land that would eventually become Velia, according to the Guardian.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Initial studies of the helmets reveal that one was designed in the Greek Chalcidian style, while the other helmet resembles the Negua headpieces typically worn by Etruscan warriors, per ANSA.The archaeologists suggest Greek soldiers might have stolen these helmets from conquered Etruscan troops during the Battle of Alalia, per the statement."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...n Italy announced,the Associated Press (AP).
So, there seems to be some debate over wheter the settlers came from Phocaea or from the Ionian colonies in Asia Minor. Either way they were Ionic dialect speakers.
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"The Velia Archaeological Site (Scavi di Velia) in Campania houses the remains of a Greek colony turned Roman municipality. Along with the better-known sites of the Certosa of Padula and Paestum, Velia is a part of this UNESCO World Heritage group that is lesser-known." It was founded by settlers from Ionia.
"Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the remains dug up at the popular tourist site of Velia were found on what had been an acropolis of one of Magna Graecia’s most important cities. Velia is 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Paestum, a much-visited site of ancient Greek temples.The recently completed excavation at Velia unearthed a pair of helmets in good condition, the remains of a building, vases with the Greek inscription for “sacred” and metal fragments of what possibly were weapons, the culture ministry said."
"Velia’s founding dates to about 540 B.C. by colonists from Asia Minor.
"Velia is famed for being the home of an ancient Greek school of philosophy, including philosophers Parmenides and Zeno. It was part of Magna Graecia, the area of southern Italy colonized by Greek city-states. The settlement at Velia occupied an upper part, or acropolis, of the area as well as hillsides, and was surrounded by a wall. The city’s ancient name was Elea."
https://omaha.com/ancient-helmets-t...cle_084d806a-83bc-11ec-a1b0-ebbd6322f3cd.html
"[FONT="]Ancient Greeks may have left the items behind after the Battle of Alalia. Between 541 and 535 BCE, a fleet of Phocaean s[FONT="]hips—who had set up a colony, Alalia, on the island of Corsica—set sail on the nearby Tyrrhenian Sea to fend off attacks from neighboring Etruscan and Carthaginian forces, per the statement.[/FONT][/FONT]
An archaeologist works to free one of the helmets from the dig site. Courtesy of the Parco Archeologico di Paestum & Velia[FONT="]Though the Greeks emerged victorious, the costly sea battle ultimately spurred the Phocaean colonists to leave Alalia and establish a colony closer to other Greek settlements along the southern coast of Italy. Settlers from Phocaea sailed for the mainland and purchased a plot of land that would eventually become Velia, according to the Guardian.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Initial studies of the helmets reveal that one was designed in the Greek Chalcidian style, while the other helmet resembles the Negua headpieces typically worn by Etruscan warriors, per ANSA.The archaeologists suggest Greek soldiers might have stolen these helmets from conquered Etruscan troops during the Battle of Alalia, per the statement."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...n Italy announced,the Associated Press (AP).
So, there seems to be some debate over wheter the settlers came from Phocaea or from the Ionian colonies in Asia Minor. Either way they were Ionic dialect speakers.