(anc. geog.), so very ancient a city as to be supposed to take its name from the violent bursting of the coast of Italy from Sicily; thought to have been formerly conjoined (Mela, Virgil). A city of the Bruttii, a colony of Chalcidians from Euboea: a strong barrier opposed to Sicily (Strabo); mentioned by Luke; surnamed Julius (Ptolemy), from a fresh supply of inhabitants sent thither by Augustus, after driving Sextus Pompeius out of Sicily (Strabo); and thus was in part a colony, retaining still the right of a municipium (Inscription). The city is now called Reggio, in the Farther Calabria.