Historical place profile
Motya
A small island in the Stagnone Lagoon of western Sicily, Motya has evidence for quite ancient settlement, including a significant Punic phase. The settlement on the island was destroyed by Syracuse in 379 BC. At one point, the island was connected to the mainland via a causeway.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462373
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462373
- Place type
- archaeological-site, island, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.867415, 12.468308
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A small island in the Stagnone Lagoon of western Sicily, Motya has evidence for quite ancient settlement, including a significant Punic phase. The settlement on the island was destroyed by Syracuse in 379 BC. At one point, the island was connected to the mainland via a causeway.
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 A3 Motya
Source and reuse
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Research path
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