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Kiáton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 01 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city was tied to Argos; Orthagorid tyrants ruled from ca. 656 BCE, were removed by Sparta in 6th century BCE; was great center of painters and sculptors; city was moved 4 km inland in 303 BCE (modern Sikión), though habitation at this site continued too. |
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| Kiáton (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kiato (C,V)
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| Sikionía (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kiáto (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sikion (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sikonia (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Sikyon (H,V)
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Peloponnese (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Corinth (regional division) (P) |
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Kiáton (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established in ancient times |
| town (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| moved to .... |
Sikión .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Pelopónnisos region, Kórinthos regional division) [7011098] |
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in 303 BCE |
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