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After he was called for military assistance [[Hiero I of Syracuse]] allied with naval forces from the maritime Greek cities of southern Italy to defend against Etruscan expansion into southern [[Italy]]. In 474 they met and defeated the Etruscan fleet at Cumae in the [[Bay of Naples]]. After their defeat, the Etruscans lost much of their political influence in Italy. They lost control of the sea and their territories were eventually taken over by the [[Rome|Romans]], [[Samnites]], and [[Gaul]]s. The Syracusans dedicated a captured Etruscan helmet at the great panhellenic sanctuary at Olympia, a piece of armour found in the German excavations there. The Etruscans would later join the failed [[Athens|Athenian]] [[Sicilian Expedition|expedition]] against Syracuse in 415 BC, which contributed even further to their decline.{{citation needed|reason=these facts require attribution to a proper source.|date=February 2015}}
The battle was later honored in Pindar's first Pythian Ode.<ref name="Cumae" /><ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Ancient History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nqbz8Emo3PIC&pg=PA152|year=1923|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-23347-7|pages=152–}}</ref>
[[File:Cumae acropolis seen from lower city AvL.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Cumae acropolis seen from lower city AvL]]
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