• founded 750 bce
  • as a Chalcidian colony
  • sister city to Zankle-Messina
  • Anaxilas tyrant of both 494-480 bce
  • base of operations for Athens in first forays to Sicily
  • left: reverse of tetradrachma of Rhegium; hare leaping, RECINON retrograde
  • archaeological remains: necropolis, circuit wall, sacred area, votive materials