Megara Hyblaia

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728/7 BC Megara Hyblaia founded by colonists from Megara (Greece).
         Founded after some difficulty between the areas of Leontinoi and Syracuse.
628/7 BC (or 651/0 BC) Selinous founded by Megara Hyblaia.
483   BC (480 BC) Megara Hyblaia destroyed by Gelon of Syracuse, but was, apparently, 
         resettled in the following century.