Italy
There are 181 items in Italy:
Segesta
Segesta (Greek Σέγεστα, ῎Εγεστα, Αἵγεστα): town in western Sicily, best known for its temple. Segesta, general view of the temple Archaeologists have established…
Segesta, Road from the temple to the theater |
Segesta, Temple
Segesta, general view of the temple Segesta's claim to fame is its unfinished Doric temple, which is one of Europe's best…
Segesta, Temple, Exterior |
Segesta, Temple, Façade |
Segesta, Temple, General view |
Segesta, Temple, Interior |
Segesta, Temple, Stylobate |
Sentinum
Sentinum: town in ancient Umbria, best known for the Roman victory in the Third Samnite War in 295 BCE, which made the unification of Italy inevitable; modern Sassoferrato. …Sicilian Expedition
Sicilian expedition: name of the Athenian attempt to conquer Sicily in 415-413, part of the entr'acte in the Peloponnesian War. Sicily Athens…Sicily
Sicily: large and rich island opposite the Italian mainland. In Antiquity, it was settled by Phoenicians and Greeks, and contested by the Carthaginians, Romans, Ostrogoths, and Byzantines.Articles on Sicily Prehistory Polybius' decription of the Sicilian topography Homer on the Cyclops Colonization Thucydides on the colonization Polyaenus…
South-Etrurian aryballos with a centaur |