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Sikión (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 59 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.9833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 44 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.7333 decimal degrees |
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Note: The modern village of Sikión occupies the lower part of the ancient city of Sicyon, built on a low triangular plateau about two miles from the Corinthian Gulf. The ancient city joined the Achaean League in 251 BCE, declined after 146 BCE, and was nearly deserted in 2nd century CE. |
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| Sikión (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Basiliko (C,V)
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| Vasiliko (C,V)
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| Vasilikón (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sicyonian (C,V,English,U)
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| Sicyon (H,V)
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| Sikiona (H,V)
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| Sikyon (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Peloponnese (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Corinth (regional division) (P) |
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Sikión (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Sikyon was moved here, 4 km inland from original site on the Corinthian Gulf, in 303 BC |
| village (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Kiáton .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Pelopónnisos region, Kórinthos regional division) [7011104] |
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in 303 BCE |
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