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=== Sicily === This is a list of the 46 [[Polis|''poleis'']] ("[[city-states]]") in Sicily, according to Mogens Herman Hansen.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', pp. 189–248.</ref> It does not list all the Hellenic settlements, only those organised around a ''polis'' structure. {| class="wikitable width="100%" | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Ancient name(s)''' | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Location''' | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Modern name(s)''' | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Foundation date''' | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Mother city''' | bgcolor="#FFEBAD" |'''Founder(s)''' |- |[[Abacaenum|Abakainon]] |[[Metropolitan City of Messina]] |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder ([[Sicels]] who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Adranon]] |[[Metropolitan City of Catania]] |[[Adrano]] |c.400 BC |Syrakousai |[[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysios I]] |- |[[Agira|Agyrion]] |[[Province of Enna]] |Agira | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Aetna (city)|Aitna]] |Metropolitan City of Catania |on the site of Katane |476 BC |Syrakousai |[[Hiero I of Syracuse|Hieron]] |- |[[Agrigento|Akragas]] |[[Province of Agrigento]] |Agrigento |c.580 BC |Gela |Aristonoos and Pystilos |- |[[Akrai]] |[[Province of Syracuse]] |near [[Palazzolo Acreide]] |664 BC |Syrakousai |{{Unknown}} |- |[[Halaesa|Alaisa]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |[[Tusa, Sicily|Tusa]] |403–402 BC |Herbita |Archonides of Herbita |- |[[San Marco d'Alunzio|Alontion]], Haluntium (Roman name) |Metropolitan City of Messina |San Marco d'Alunzio | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Apollonia (Sicily)|Apollonia]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |Monte Vecchio near [[San Fratello]] |405–367 BC |Syrakousai |Possibly Dionysios I |- |[[Engyon]] |Province of Enna |[[Troina]]? | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Licodia Eubea|Euboia]] |Metropolitan City of Catania |Licodia Eubea |7th century BC, perhaps late 8th century BC |Leontinoi |{{Unknown}} |- |Galeria |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Gela]] |[[Province of Caltanissetta]] |Gela |689–688 BC |[[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] ([[Lindos]]), [[Crete|Cretans]] |[[Antiphemus|Antiphemos of Rhodes]] and Entimos the Cretan |- |[[Helorus|Heloron]] |Province of Syracuse |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} |{{Unknown}} |Syrakousai |{{Unknown}} |- |[[Enna|Henna]] |Province of Enna |Enna | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Heraclea Minoa|Herakleia Minoa]] |Province of Agrigento |[[Cattolica Eraclea]] |after 628 BC |Selinous, Sparta |refounded by Euryleon after c.510 BC |- |Herakleia |unlocated in Western Sicily |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} |c.510 BC |[[Sparta]] |[[Dorieus]] |- |[[Herbessos]] |Province of Enna |Montagna di Marzo | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |Herbita |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Himera]] |[[Province of Palermo]] |[[Termini Imerese]] |648 BC |Zankle, exiles from Syrakousai |Eukleides, Simos and Sakon |- |Hippana |Province of Palermo |[[:it:Monte dei Cavalli|Monte dei Cavalli]] | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (indigenous settlement that became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Imachara]] |Metropolitan City of Catania |[[:it:Mendolito|Mendolito]] | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |Kallipolis |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} |late 8th century BC |Naxos (Sicily) |{{Unknown}} |- |[[Kamarina, Sicily|Kamarina]] |[[Province of Ragusa]] |[[Santa Croce Camerina]] |c.598 BC |Syrakousai, Korinth |Daskon of Syracuse and Menekolos of Corinth |- |[[Casmenae|Kasmenai]] |Province of Syracuse |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} |644–643 BC |Syrakousai |{{Unknown}} |- |[[Catania|Katane]] |Metropolitan City of Catania |Catania |729 BC |Naxos (Sicily) |Euarchos |- |[[Centuripe|Kentoripa]] |Province of Enna |Centuripe | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Cefalù|Kephaloidion]] |Province of Palermo |Cefalù | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Lentini|Leontinoi]] |Province of Syracuse |Lentini |729 BC |Naxos (Sicily) |Theokles? |- |[[Lipari|Lipara]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |Lipari |580–576 BC |[[Knidos]], Rhodes |Pentathlos, Gorgos, Thestor and Epithersides |- |Longane |Metropolitan City of Messina |near [[Rodì Milici]] | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Megara Hyblaea]] |Province of Syracuse |[[Augusta, Sicily|Augusta]] |728 BC |[[Megara|Megara Nisaia]] |Theokles? |- |[[Morgantina]] |Province of Enna |near [[Aidone]] | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Milazzo|Mylai]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |Milazzo |700 BC? |Zankle |{{Unknown}} |- |Nakone |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Naxos (Sicily)|Naxos]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |[[Giardini Naxos]] |735–734 BC |[[Chalcis|Chalkis]], [[Naxos|Naxos (Cyclades)]] |Theokles |- |Petra |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (indigenous settlement that became Hellenised)'' |- |Piakos |Metropolitan City of Catania |[[:it:Mendolito|Mendolito]]? | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (Sicels who became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Selinunte|Selinous]] |[[Province of Trapani]] |[[Marinella di Selinunte]] |628–627 BC |Megara Hyblaea |Pammilos |- |[[Sileraioi]] |{{Unknown}} |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (indigenous settlement that became Hellenised)'' |- |Stielanaioi |Metropolitan City of Catania? |{{Unknown|''(abandoned)''}} | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (indigenous settlement that became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Syracuse, Sicily|Syrakousai]] |Province of Syracuse |Syracuse |733 BC |[[Corinth|Korinth]] |[[Archias of Corinth|Archias of Korinth]] |- |[[Taormina|Tauromenion]] |Metropolitan City of Catania |Taormina |392 BC |Syrakousai |perhaps Dionysios I |- |[[Tindari|Tyndaris]] |Metropolitan City of Messina |Tindari |396 BC |Syrakousai |Dionysios I |- |Tyrrhenoi |Province of Palermo? |[[Alimena]]? | colspan="3" |''no Greek founder (indigenous settlement that became Hellenised)'' |- |[[Messina|Zankle]]/Messana |Metropolitan City of Messina |Messina |c.730 |Chalkis, [[Cumae|Kyme]] |Perieres of Kyme and Krataimenes of Chalkis |}
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