Syracusae/Syrakousai
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503
37.07164055, 15.2791651
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- Siracusa (Italian, modern)
- Syracusae (750 BC - AD 640)
- Syracuse (English, modern)
- Συράκουσαι (Syrakousai: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Syrakus (German, modern)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai part of (administrative) Sicilia (Roman province) (unspecified date range)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai connection Sicilia (late Roman province - deprecated) (unspecified date range)
- Altar of Hieron II connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli del Fusco connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Roman Amphitheater at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Catacomba di San Giovanni connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Greek Theater at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (550 BC - AD 640)
- Temple of Apollo at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Roman Forum at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- So-called Roman Gymnasium at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Syracusae
Syracusae is founded on the southeast coast of Sicily as a colony of Corinth in 734/3 B.C. Initially concentrated on the coastal island of Ortygia, the settlement moved to the mainland and developed into an important and powerful urban center. Syracusae would, in turn, established secondary colonies: Akrai (664 B.C.), Kasmenai (624 B.C.), and Kamarina (559 B.C.) The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Siracusa/Syracuse
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Faith Lubeck, Jonathan Prag, Kali Kocian, R. Talbert, David Mimno, and Jeffrey Mayfield, 'Syracusae/Syrakousai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503> [accessed: 22 January 2020]
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