Who discovered Italy?

Answer 1

The origin of the term Italia, from Latin: Italia, is uncertain. According to one of the more common explanations, the term was borrowed through Greek from the Oscan Víteliú, meaning "land of young cattle" (cf. Lat vitulus "calf", Umb vitlo "calf"). The bull was a symbol of the southern Italian tribes and was often depicted goring the Roman wolf as a defiant symbol of free Italy during the Samnite Wars.

The name Italia originally applied only to a part of what is now Southern Italy-according to Antiochus of Syracuse, the southern portion of the Bruttium peninsula (modern Calabria). But by his time Oenotria and Italy had become synonymous, and the name also applied to most of Lucania as well. The Greeks gradually came to apply the name "Italia" to a larger region, but it was not until the time of the Roman conquests that the term was expanded to cover the entire peninsula

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Answer 2

The first humans settled in Italy about 850,000 years ago at Monte Poggiolo. The Celts settled northern Italy. The Etruscans settled central Italy, The Greeks settled southern Italy. The Latins conquered the Etruscans and eventually dominated all of Italy.

Answer 3

the Romans, they began to conquer another population ( further north ) than rome called itali and that land was called italia ( land of itali ) - it was an important population so Italy was named after it ! :) ( i think ... ?) xx

Answer 4

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Following te legend, Italy takes is name from Italo, the king of a town-state in the far south of Italy. It was one of the many greek colonies part of the so called "Magna Grecia".

Answer 5

Romulus and Remus are Rome's twin founders in its traditional foundation myth, although the former is sometimes said to be the sole founder.

Answer 6

Italy is not a who but a what. Italy is a country.