Gela yakavambwa muna 698 BC nemaGreek colonists kubva kuRhodes neKrete; yaive ine simba "polis" muSicily muzana ramakore rechinomwe nerechitanhatu BC uye nzvimbo iyo Aeschylus (akafa 456 BC) aigara uye akafa. Muna 1943, Mukurwiswa kweSicily
, mauto eAllied akaita kumhara kwavo kwokutanga pachitsuwa paGela.