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Giurgenti [dʒʊɾˈdʒɛndɪ];
Ancient Gr****: Ἀκράγας, romanized: Akrágas; Latin:
Agrigentum or Acragas; Punic: ’GRGNT; Arabic: كركنت, romanized: Kirkant, or جرجنت...
- The
Battle of
Agrigentum (Sicily, 262 BC) was the
first pitched battle of the
First Punic War and the
first large-scale
military confrontation between...
- Rome from
Agrigentum. He was
mentioned by
Diodorus Siculus as an
instance of the
immense wealth which private citizens possessed at
Agrigentum. When his...
- The
Battle of
Agrigentum was
fought in 456 A.D. at
Agrigentum, now
Agrigento in modern-day Sicily. An army of the
Western Roman Empire, led by the general...
- The
Agrigentum inscription is a
Punic inscription (KAI 302, CIS i 5510)
found in 1934
during the
excavations led by Gabriel-Guillaume
Lapeyre at "Salambo"...
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Phintias was an
ancient Gr****
tyrant of the
Sicilian town of
Acragas (c. 288 - 279 BC) in
Magna Graecia. He
appears to have
established his
power over...
- took
advantage of his
position to make
himself despot.
Under his rule,
Agrigentum seemed to have
attained considerable prosperity. He
supplied the city...
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Empedocles Empedocles of
Agrigentum Born c. 494 BC Akragas,
Sicily Died c. 434 BC Era Pre-Socratic
philosophy Region Western philosophy Main interests...
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Philinus of
Agrigentum (3rd-century BCE),
Magna Graecia, was a
historian who
lived during the
First Punic War, who is said to have
written history from...
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Acron (Gr****: Ἄκρων), son of Xenon, was a Gr****
physician born at
Agrigentum (Gk. Acragas) in
Magna Graecia. The
exact dates of
Acron is not known; but...
