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Sicilia (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Enes Yılandiloğlu

Last modified Jan 24, 2026 10:11 AM — History

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and has been the site of human habitation since ca. 8,000 BC. In historical terms, Sicily has seen important settlement activity connected to numerous culture groups - Punic, Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandalic, Ostrogothic, Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462492

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.5998115095, 14.0475035306

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cezīre-i Messīne (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Cezīre-i Ṣıḳılliye (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- SICILIA (Sicilia: Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Sicily (English, modern)
- Σικελία (Sikelía: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Sizilien (German, modern)
- Trinacria (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Sicilia (island) makes connections with:

Sicilia (island) abuts Africum Mare (unspecified date range)
Sicilia (island) abuts Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)

Sicilia (island) receives connections from:

(H)Enna connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
*Chalae? connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
*Logariana located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Abakainon connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Abolla located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Aceste located on Sicilia (island) (30 BC - AD 300)
Acherini connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Acis (river) connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Acium connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Acrillae located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Ad Fluvium Lanaricum part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (modern)
Ad Olivam located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Adranon connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Adryx part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (modern)
Aetna (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Africum Mare connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Agathyrnum located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Agora of Halaesa connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Agrigentinus (lake) connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Agyrium connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Akragas/Agrigentum connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Akraion Lepas part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (modern)
Alessandria della Rocca part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Aleta located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Alia connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Allava located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Amestratus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Anniana/Myrtus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Annunziata di Mascali part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (modern)
Apollonia connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Aquae Segestanae part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Areias Poros part of (analytical) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Arethusae Fons connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Artemision connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Asinius (river) part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Assorus connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Athenae located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Azonai located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Bagnoli di S. Gregorio part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (modern)
Balate di Marianopoli located on Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Bella Cortina part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Biancavilla part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Bidis? connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Bitalemi connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Borgellusa di Avola connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Borgo Bonsignore part of (physical/topographic) Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Boukra Akra connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Brikinniai? connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Buscemi connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
Calacte connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
island

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 C3 Sicilia

Details:

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Suggested citation:
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Sicilia (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462492> [accessed: 10 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462492 |title=Places: 462492 (Sicilia (island)) |author=Wilson, R. |accessdate=February 10, 2026 4:29 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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