Ancient city in Magna Graecia , on the eastern coast of Italy's southwestern extremity.
Founded by Greeks 0441; 680 BC, it was the first Greek community to have a written code of laws, the Locrian code ( 0441; 660 BC). It founded colonies and resisted Athenian intervention during the Peloponnesian War . Fickle in its allegiance, it was captured by Rome in 205 BC and destroyed by Sicilian Muslims in 915.