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Rovine di Segesta (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 56 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.9330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 50 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.8330 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by mysterious Elymi people, by tradition believed to have been refugees from Troy; often battled with Selinius; allied with Carthage; inhabitants were massacred by Syracuse in 307 BCE; was moved near Castellammare by Romans; destroyed by Vandals. |
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| Rovine di Segesta (preferred,C,V)
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| Segesta, Rovine di (C,V)
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| Segesta (C,V)
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| Segeste (C,V)
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| Acesta (H,V)
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| Dicaeopolis (H,V)
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............ | name briefly applied by Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, from ca. 307 BC |
| Egesta (H,V)
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Sicilia (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded by ancient Elymi who arrived from W Mediterranean, city was moved during Roman period but destroyed in 5th cen. AD |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| ruins (C) |
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