THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT OF CUMA LIES ON THE COAST IN THE REGION CALLED THE PHLEGRAEAN FIELDS The Trojan War was dated by the ancient Greeks to c. 1200 BCE, about the end of the Bronze Age. This would mean that the formation of Magna Graecia supposedly started at about that time. However, there is little to no evidence for extensive Mycenaean Greek settlements in Italy. In contrast, archaeology reveals that the Greeks first started settling in Italy in the eighth century BCE. The earliest Greek city on mainland Italy was Cumae. Magna Graecia: How Southern Italy Became a Second Homeland for the Ancient Greeks | Greek Reporter
