The Greeks (Graeci)
The Greeks lived in Greece, and also in cities of southern Italy and Sicily. Romans called that western Greek world Magna Graecia, Great Greece. Greek stories and gods were already old when Rome was young.
Grades 6–8. History.
How it connects
Graecia is the land east of Italy. Magna Graecia is the Greek cities on the Italian side of the sea.
Latin words that go with this card: urbs, deus.