Aigousa (island)

natural · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Aigousa Ins. - meaning 'goat island' - is an island west of Sicily that was the scene of a major naval engagement of the First Punic War.

Coordinates

37.93108, 12.32861

Also known as

Aegusa (grc), Aigousa, Aponiana, Favignana (it), Favignana (it), Gilia (la), Isola Favignana (it), Isola di Favignana, Isola Favignana (it), Αἴγουσα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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