- "sickle",
because of the
curving shape of its harbour. This was
Latinized as
Drepanum before being pluralized to its
present form. The town was
founded by the...
-
Polystichum drepanum, also
known as
Madeira shield-fern, is a
species of fern in the
Dryopteridaceae family. It is
native to Madeira. Its
natural habitat...
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Apollonius of
Drepanum or
Drepana (modern Trapani), son of Nicon, was a man of
Sicily of the 1st
century BCE. He was a
profligate but
wealthy person, who...
- The
naval Battle of
Drepana (or
Drepanum) took
place in 249 BC
during the
First Punic War near
Drepana (modern Trapani) in
western Sicily,
between a Carthaginian...
-
material may be
challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hamilcar" fortifier of
Drepanum – news · newspapers · books · scholar ·
JSTOR (June 2018) (Learn how and...
- "hidden in a
hollow under the ground" there. The
other Sicilian site is
Drepanum (modern Trapani),
whose name is
derived from the Gr**** word for "sickle"...
-
civitates censoriae (communities
subject to the censor)
Syracuse and
Drepanum and at
least four others[citation needed] had been
conquered in war and...
-
Numerius Fabius Buteo was
besieging Drepanum at that time.
Hamilcar probably fought an
inconclusive battle at
Drepanum, but
there is
cause to
doubt this...
- Turkey. Her
birthplace is not
known with certainty, but Helenopolis, then
Drepanum, in
Bithynia is,
following Procopius, "generally ****umed" to be the place...
- (Haifa) Strato's
Tower (Caesarea)
Italy Bitan (Chia) Cape
Melqart (Cefalù)
Drepanum (Trapani) Eryx (Erice)
Heraclea Minoa Kapara (Soluntum)
Karaly (Cagliari)...
