728/7 BC Megara Hyblaia founded by colonists from Megara (Greece). Founded after some difficulty between the areas of Leontinoi and Syracuse. 628/7 BC (or 651/0 BC) Selinous founded by Megara Hyblaia. 483 BC (480 BC) Megara Hyblaia destroyed by Gelon of Syracuse, but was, apparently, resettled in the following century.