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Map of Syracuse

Syraces, Sicily, Magna Graecia

Corinthian emigrants, led by Archias, founded Syracuse before the end of the eighth century B.C.
Map of Syracuse

Map of Syracuse, From The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography, by Samuel Butler (1907/8).

From The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography, by Samuel Butler (1907/8).
Syracuse was on the southeastern cape and the southern part of the east coast of Sicily. It was the most powerful of the Greek cities in Sicily.

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