Zancle/Messana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, Ingrid Luo
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Last modified
Jun 04, 2026 09:03 PM
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History
Zancle was founded as Greek colony in the eighth century B.C. Home of the Mamertines who called for Roman assistance against Carthaginian forces in 264 B.C., sparking the First Punic War.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462538
38.192251, 15.556634
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 19708 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Zancle/Messana founded by Chalcis (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Zancle/Messana founded by Cumae/Kyme (Campanian) (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Zancle/Messana founded by Rhegion/Regium (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Zancle/Messana connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
- Zancle/Messana located on Via Pompeia? (330 BC - AD 300)
- Himera founded by Zancle/Messana (750 BC - 550 BC)
- Necropoli Orti della Maddalena located at Zancle/Messana (unspecified date range)
- Necropoli di San Placido located at Zancle/Messana (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 47 H2 Zancle/Messana
- BTCGI X, 1-65 (Maria Ida Gulletta, Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, and Giacomo Scibona)
- Hansen 2004 no. 51
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 86,4
- ItMiller 397, 404
- Manni 1981 242-44
- New Pauly Messana, Messene (H. Sonnabend et al.)
- PECS (Perseus) ZANKLE later Messene (Messina) Sicily
- RE Messene 2 (Hans Philipp)
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) MESSANA
- ToposText Zancle/Messana (Sicily)
- Vallet 1958
- Wikipedia (English) Messina
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 H2 Zancle/Messana
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Messina
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes, and Ingrid Luo, 'Zancle/Messana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462538> [accessed: 14 July 2026]
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