A. Definition
South-eastern extension of the Italian peninsula (Str. 6,3,1: its name possibly of indigenous origin; [1; 2. 32], for different view [5]), modern Salento. Καλαβρία (Kalabría) is first attested for Rhinto (Hsch. s.v. K.), c. 300 BC; according to Str. 6,3,5, most authors used Kalabría synonymously with Ἰαπυγία (Iapygía), Μεσσαπία (Messapía) and Σαλεντίνη (Salentínē) for the peninsula south of the isthmus of Tarentum -- Brundisium. The earliest mention of the t…