- San Marcu,
Ancient Gr****: Ἀλόντιον (Ptol.) or Ἀλούντιον (Dion.), Latin:
Aluntium or Haluntium) is a city and
comune (muni****lity) in the
Metropolitan City...
-
according to Steph**** of Byzantium, was
situated in the
neighbourhood of
Aluntium and Calacte. The city was
founded by
Dionysius I of
Syracuse as an outpost...
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later named the
first Norman castle in Sicily, at the site of
ancient Aluntium).
During his time in Calabria,
Guiscard married his
first wife, Alberada...
- day: but
which he, in
common with Cluverius,
regarded as the
remains of
Aluntium. The
latter city may, however, be
placed with much more
probability at...
- Gr**** inhabitants. In 1060, they
asked Guiscard to
construct a
castle at
Aluntium. The
first Norman building on Sicily, San
Marco d'Alunzio (named after...
