Syracusae/Syrakousai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
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, Jeffrey Mayfield
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Jan 11, 2025 08:34 PM
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An important ancient city on the island of Sicily.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503
37.070078971, 15.2833356581
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- Siracusa (Italian, modern)
- Syracusae (750 BC - AD 640)
- Syracuse (English, modern)
- Συράκουσαι (Syrakousai: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Συρακούσες (Syrakoúses: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Syrakus (German, modern)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai located on Helorine Hodos (unspecified date range)
- 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)
- Syracusae/Syrakousai located on Via Pompeia? (330 BC - AD 300)
- Acrae founded by Syracusae/Syrakousai (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Altar of Hieron II connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Arco Augusteo di Siracusa located at Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Camarina founded by Syracusae/Syrakousai (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Catacomba di San Giovanni connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Greek Theater at Syracuse part of (physical/topographic) Syracusae/Syrakousai (550 BC - AD 640)
- Himera founded by Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Kasmenai founded by Syracusae/Syrakousai (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Lakkios located at Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Magea Fons located near Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Milichie Fons located near Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli del Fusco connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Roman Amphitheater at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Roman Forum at Syracuse located at Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- So-called Roman Gymnasium at Syracuse connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Apollo at Syracuse part of (physical/topographic) Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Olympian Zeus, Syracuse located near Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Arachne 8004722: Syrakus Συρακοῦσαι / Syrakousai / Syracusae, Syrakus (Provinz)
- BAtlas 47 G4 Syracusae
- BTCGI XIX, 1-386
- Cavallari 1883
- Evans 2016
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 96,4
- ItMiller 403
- Manni 1981 228-30
- New Pauly Syracusae
- PECS (Perseus) SYRACUSE (Siracusa) Sicily
- Siracusa Dizionario di Storia (2011) Siracusa
- ToposText Achradina (Syracuse)
- ToposText Syracuse (Sicily)
- WHL 1200: Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
- Wikipedia (English) Syracuse, Sicily
- Wikipedia (Italian) Parco archeologico della Neapolis
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 G4 Syracusae
Syracusae was founded on the southeast coast of Sicily as a colony of Corinth in 734/3 B.C. Initially concentrated on the coastal island Ortygia, the settlement moved to the mainland and developed into an important and powerful urban center. Syracusae would, in turn, establish 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, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462503> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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I think there is something malformed about the associated JSON data for this city. Attempting to process it through Beautiful Soup in Python yields the following error: "JSONDecodeError: Expecting ',' delimiter: line 1102 column 165 (char 49069)". Other cities work, so there might be an errant/un-escaped " (or some other ) somewhere in the JSON.