Acrillae
settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD
A Greek colony founded in Sicily ca. 598 B.C., Acrillae was an important economic center. In 213 B.C., the Roman consul M. Claudius Marcellus fought an engagement against the Syracusans there.
- Coordinates
- 37.03193, 14.70175
- Also known as
- Akrillai (grc), Chiaramonte Gulfi (it), Chiaramonte Gulfi (it), Ἄκριλλαι (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)