The Messapic population
A Messapic pot 5th century b.C.
The Messapic origin is uncertain, probably due to various migrations never shown. one of the first sure settlements are at the beginning of the 8th century b.C., with Oria or Cavallino who settled the territory.
The Messapic origin is uncertain, probably due to various migrations never shown. one of the first sure settlements are at the beginning of the 8th century b.C., with Oria or Cavallino who settled the territory. The name of "Messapi" was probably given to the population who occupied the actual Salento before Greeks and then Romans, for the characteristic of the territory; in fact, Messapia is "the land between two seas", after the 8th century, there was the transit from huts to more solid buildings made by bricks.