History tells us that the territory of Calabria has been called "Calabria" by the Byzantines, whereas the name belonged to the current Salento, Puglia , already at the time of the ancient Romans. History tells us also that the name "Italy" is born in Calabria, isthmus between the Gulf of Squillace and the Gulf of Lamezia (now in the province of Catanzaro), fourteen generations before the Trojan war, and that mid-second millennium BC by eponymous hero Italo, King of the population of Enotri. Re Italo became its permanent nomadic tribes, joining a pact of friendship all the peoples of central-southern Calabria, instituting the so-called "Syssitia" (ie communal meals) where everyone went to eat something to share with others and where We will always try concord of government policy. I "Syssitia" then soon spread throughout the Mediterranean, as the first form of democracy. From the current king Italo Calabria was named "Italy" and the name spread, century after century, north and south of the peninsula, until, in 42 AD the emperor Augustus by decree extended the current Padania the Alps, and thus also to Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, all regions belonging to the natural geographical territory of a single nation. The name "Italy" is, with that of Israel, one of the oldest in the world and is the one that has endured through the centuries to the processors of the countless invasions and dominations. In the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the cultural association "Before Calabria Italy (founded in 1988 by Professor Badolato. Domenico Lanciano, chaired by Adv. John Balletto di Catanzaro) raises the proposal made decades ago for the Calabria Region to officially take the name "First Calabria Italy" since that territory gave birth to the name "Italy" certainly one of the world's most famous and one of the oldest. The Italian regional toponymy
already has other examples of multiple names as Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Emilia Romagna, Valle d'Aosta, which should not be a problem add "First Italy" to the current designation of Calabria. According to the association
proposer, the new name better suited to a region that gave birth to the name of the state and the nation that there is still united, but an insidious trend in federalism. The new name also serves to remind everyone of a certain path of slow but profound civilization Italy, that has characterized the territories and populations ranging from the Alps to Lampedusa, civilization today tend to be summed up in the 'Made in Italy "... the Italian style of living that has a historical background and culture for millennia.
The association "Before Calabria Italy" has been fighting since 1988 to be enhanced because the name "Italy" and the place where it was born and, therefore, noted with satisfaction the fact that the region of Calabria has tentatively begun to highlight the data history that the name was born in Calabria, near Catanzaro current, implanting a road signs stating "Welcome to Catanzaro. Here was born the name Italy. The same association urges the Calabria Region and other institutions, even national, to undertake a serious and structured development program of the name "Italy" also inspired by the project several times sent especially to the province of Catanzaro and regional entity.
Dr. Domenico Lanciano
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