In any case Aegialia, being helped by the Argives, prevented Diomedes from entering the city.
The Greeks and Romans credited Diomedes with the foundation of several Greek settlements in Magna Graeca in southern Italy: Argyrippa or Arpi, Aequum Tuticum (Ariano Irpino), Beneventum (Benevento), Brundusium (Brindisi), Canusium (Canosa), Venafrum (Venafro), Salapia, Spina, Garganum, Sipus (near Santa Maria di Siponto),[REF] Histonium (Vasto), and Aphrodisia or Venusia (Venosa).