Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Kalabria, from Messapia to the Land of the Bruttii
?1?Kalabria, Iapygia, and Messapia in the Hellenistic Period
?2?The Indigenous Origin of the Kalabroi and Salentinoi Ethnonyms
?3?Two Ethnic Denominations, but a Single Choronym
?4?Iapygian Presences in Pre-Hellenic Krotoniatis
?5?Administrative Scructure from Augustus to Justinianus
?6?Migration from the Salento Peninsula to the Land of Bruttii
2 Corresponding Denominations in Antiquity
?1?The Kalabros River on an Ancient Temesa Painting
?2?The Island of Kalauria and the Cult of Poseidon
?3?Balkan Area between Dardania, Illyria, and Thrace
?4?An Etruscan Inscription from Volsinii, Orvieto
?5?Kalauria Nymph and Ganges River in India
?6?Kalauria Site near Syracuse in Sicily
?7?A Spurious Epigraph concerning the Lokroi Kalabroi
3 Corresponding Denominations in the Byzantine Period
?1?The Thracian Fortress of Kalabrye and the River Halmyros
?2?The Hinterland of Selymbria and the Modern District of Silivri
?3?Natural Environment and Local Traditions
?4?Similar Toponyms according to the Landscape
4 Kalabria, for the Scholars of Ancient History
?1?An Indigenous or Greek Choronym for Messapia
?2?An Insulting Denomination, Created by Tarentini
?3?An Indigenous Denomination Transformed into an Insult
5 The Root *Kar-/ *Kal- and the Toponymic Appellative Bria/ Uria
?1?Kalabroi as the 'Inhabitants of the Rocks'
?2?The Complexity of the Pre-Hellenic *Kala- Toponymic Base
?3?The Root *Kar-/ *Kal- as 'Stone' and 'Water-Carved Stone'
?4?The Pre-Hellenic Toponymic Appellative Bria/ Uria
6 Water-Carved Soil and Creeks from Messapia to Krotoniatis
?1?Kalabria and the Karst Phenomena in the Salento Peninsula
?2?From the Gargano Peninsula to the Carso Region
?3?The Balkans and Thracian-Illyrian Area
?4?Aegean, Minoan, and Mycenaean Areas
?5?Kallipolis and Kalauria: A Possible Toponymic Symmetry
?6?Messapia and Krotoniatis Region Mirroring
?7?Several Krotoniatis Place-Names Based on *Kar-/ *Kal- Root
?8?The Water-Carved Soil as Kroton Identity
?9?Creeks and Natural Harbours by an 'Ionian' Perspective
?10?The Trans-Ionian Route of the 'White Shining Rocks'
Conclusion
Appendix: Greek and Latin Sources
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