Historical place profile
Camarina
Camarina was founded by Syracuse in 599 B.C., but subsequently destroyed in 552 B.C. The city was re-founded by Gela in 461 B.C. Carthage razed the site in 405 B.C., but Timoleon restored it in 339 B.C. From the late third century B.C. the town fell under Roman administration.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462126
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462126
- Place type
- plaza, sanctuary, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 36.871878, 14.448323
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Camarina was founded by Syracuse in 599 B.C., but subsequently destroyed in 552 B.C. The city was re-founded by Gela in 461 B.C. Carthage razed the site in 405 B.C., but Timoleon restored it in 339 B.C. From the late third century B.C. the town fell under Roman administration.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E5 Camarina
Source and reuse
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Research path
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