HealsojourneyedtoBabylon, absorbingtheirmathematicalknowledge, andpossiblyeventraveledtoIndia. Around 530 BCE, PythagorassettledinCroton, a GreekcolonyinsouthernItaly.
Hebelievedinthetransmigrationofsouls, a methodthatinfluencedhisviewsonvegetarianismandthetreatmentofanimals. However, hismathematicalcontributionsarewhatheisbestknownfortoday.