Motya
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jonathan Prag
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 27, 2018 08:32 AM
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History
A small island in the Stagnone Lagoon of western Sicily, Motya has evidence for quite ancient settlement, including a significant Punic phase. The settlement on the island was destroyed by Syracuse in 379 BC. At one point the island was connected to the mainland via a causeway.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462373
37.8680905, 12.4696985
- DARMC location 18675 (750 BC - 30 BC)
- DARE Location (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Isola San Pantaleo (Italian, modern)
- Motya (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Μοτύη (Motya: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Mozia (Italian, modern)
- None
- Motya causeway connection Motya (unspecified date range)
island, settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 A3 Motya
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Mozia
R.J.A. Wilson, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Jonathan Prag, 'Motya: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462373> [accessed: 20 July 2019]
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