Siceliotes
The Siceliotes, formed a distinct ethno-cultural group in Sicily from about the 8th century BCE until their assimilation into the general Sicilian population. As Hellenic colonists and descendants of colonists from Greece, they spoke Greek and participated in the wider cultural and political activities of Magna Graecia and of the Hellenic world as a whole.
The Roman Republic and the Roman Empire continued to see a distinction between the Siceliotes and the non-Greek inhabitants of Sicily.
Compare Italiotes and Sicels.
