Camarina

sanctuary · 750 BC – 2100 AD

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.

Coordinates

36.87188, 14.44832

Also known as

Camerina (la), Camerina (la), Kamarina (it), Kamarina (it), Kamarina, Camarina (grc), Καμάρινα (grc), Καμάρινα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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