Calabria southern most region of Italy - Calabria southern most region of Italy Sicily Straights of messina 1.9miles wide sicily is a region of itally

 Calabria southern most region of Italy  Sicily  Straights of messina  1.9miles wide  sicily is a region of itally  island components  popular tourist  largest island in the meditar  750 BC  phinesians and greeks  south Africa  southern ital.  sicily was colonized by both the greeks and the Phoenicians  central location everyone wanted  colonies on either side  roman empire takes over for greeks  Phoenicians turn into the carthage empire  200-300 BC rome was starting to rise  consolidate power on Italian peninsula  carthage controlled north and east coast  the Greco-punic wars, or the Sicilian wars, were a series of conflicts fought between the Carthaginians and the greek citiy states, over control of sicily and the western Mediterranean between 600 BC and 265 BC