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.Fifth Century
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Side: Greek colony in Pamphylia, important port in the Roman Empire.Early History
In the late seventh century BCE, Greek settlers from Cyme built Side on a rocky promontory on the Pamphylian shore, about ten kilometers west of the mouth of the…
Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Bronze Age
Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar
Situated on a promontory halfway between…
Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Babylonian Age
Bustan esh-Sheikh, Remains of the Babylonian sanctuary
After the fall…
Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Hellenistic Age
Abdalonymus on the Alexander Sarcophagus from Sidon
After the death…
Singidunum (Greek: Σινγíδουνον): Roman fortress on the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava, base of the Fourth Legion Flavia Felix, modern Belgrade in Serbia.
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Sippar: one of the most important cities in northern Babylonia.Sippar
Victory stela of Naram-Sin
Situated in the northwest of Babylonia
Founded in the…