Historical place profile
Leontini
A Greek colonial city founded by Naxians in 729 B.C., Leontini was reduced by Hippocrates of Gela in 498 B.C. Following the Sicilian Expedition, the city became subject to Syracuse. In Roman times, it may have been of little importance and was destroyed by the Saracens in A.D. 848.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462279
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462279
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.285478, 14.998115
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Greek colonial city founded by Naxians in 729 B.C., Leontini was reduced by Hippocrates of Gela in 498 B.C. Following the Sicilian Expedition, the city became subject to Syracuse. In Roman times, it may have been of little importance and was destroyed by the Saracens in A.D. 848.
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 G4 Leontini
Source and reuse
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Research path
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