Certainly the Pythagorean Society thrived for many years after this and spread from Croton to many other Italian cities. Gorman argues that this is a strong reason to believe that Pythagoras returned to Croton and quotes other evidence such as the widely reported age of Pythagoras as around 100 at the time of his death and the fact that many sources say that Pythagoras taught Empedokles to claim that he must have lived well after 480 BC.
Gorman argues na ito ay isang malakas na dahilan na ang Pythagoras ibabalik sa quote Croton at iba pang mga katibayan tulad ng nakararaming mga iniulat na edad ng Pythagoras bilang sa paligid ng 100 sa panahon ng kanyang kamatayan at ang katunayan na ang mga sinasabi ng mga pinagkukunan na Pythagoras tinuturuan Empedokles sa paghahabol na siya ay dapat na nanirahan din matapos ang 480 BC.