What area was called the "Magna Graecia" in antiquity?

Peloponnese with Sparta and Mycenae
Boeotia with Athens and Thebes
Thessaly with Larissa and Olympos
Southern Apennine Peninsula with Sicily
Magna Graecia ("Great Greece") was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day regions of Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily that were extensively populated by Greek settlers.
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Peloponnese with Sparta and Mycenae
Boeotia with Athens and Thebes
Thessaly with Larissa and Olympos
Southern Apennine Peninsula with Sicily
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